Cyprus: no to pushbacks, yes to family reunification!
EuroMed Rights, KISA, Access Centre for Human Rights, the Lebanese Centre for Human Rights and 12 other partner organisations call on the Republic of Cyprus to immediately end the practice of pushbacks, to facilitate family reunification procedures and increases legal pathways and humanitarian corridors through the use of humanitarian visas. We also call on the Lebanese authorities to immediately halt all deportations of refugees to Syria. We also call upon the European Union to investigate the misconducts perpetrated by Cypriot police and border forces. Another tragic story in the East Mediterranean On 22 August 2021, a boat left Lebanon for Cyprus with 69 refugees on board. The Access Centre for…
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