Filenews 11 October 2024
A family of four and an unaccompanied minor who were found shortly after midnight in Athienou were transferred to Pournara.
Specifically, ten minutes after midnight, following a tip-off, members of the Athienou police station and the Athienou Green Line Subdirectorate identified five irregular foreign migrants in Athienou, who were initially transferred to the Athienou police station.
"Tests carried out revealed that this is a family consisting of a man, a woman and two underage girls and an unaccompanied minor, all of Somali origin," it said.
Interrogators said "that they crossed into the free areas from the areas not controlled by the Republic of Cyprus onOctober 10 at 23:00 in the evening from an unknown point without being able to give further details."
It is noted that they were then transferred to the Pournara accommodation center for irregular migrants in Kokkinotrimithia for further treatment.
The case is being examined by the Athienou Police Station.
