Filenews 2 November 2023
From the beginning of 2023 until yesterday, 7,791 people who were staying illegally in Cyprus were deported or repatriated to their countries of origin.
Of these, 107 third-country nationals returned to their country from Cyprus by forced flight.
According to an announcement by the Cyprus Police, yesterday 14 third-country nationals who were illegally in Cyprus, returned to their countries in the context of a joint forced return flight of the FRONTEX agency.
Yesterday is the eleventh joint forced return flight of FRONTEX, in which the Cyprus Police participates in 2023.
The flight was carried out by the Greek authorities, under the coordination of the European Agency responsible for protecting the European Union's borders.
