The abuse of the economic support measure for enclaved individuals, mainly the Maronites, based on the criterion of their days spent in their enclaved villages, or even the effort to prevent abuses, has led to a counting of the days they stay in the occupied north.
However, the count by the Police sum at the checkpoints does not match with the sum claimed by the occupation administration, which creates problems and reactions.
Indeed, there are insinuations that the enclaved individuals are making deals with the occupation authorities to deceive the state regarding the number of days they stay in the occupied areas, in order to receive the relevant allowance.
The issue of checks by the Police of the Republic was raised by MP Rita Superman, who observed that it is unthinkable to cause anxiety to the trapped individuals regarding whether they stayed four nights or fewer, since unforeseen incidents may occur to the enclaved individuals, causing them to stay one day less in their villages.
Counting overnight stays is not a solution, said Mrs. Superman.
Moreover, MP Christos Christofi stated that it is unimaginable for people who have been residing in Kormakitis for a long time to suddenly remember that there are gaps in the crossings, which also differ from the data of the occupation authorities. he stated that personally, he trusts what enclaved individuals declare, and that he does not consider it right to accuse them of manipulating the occupation administration regarding the number of days they stayed in their villages.
MP Zacharias Koulias stated that criteria and checks need to be simplified so that the enclaved are not inconvenienced. He also noted that as the provisions of the resettlement plan are applied, the state itself does not allow young people to resettle.
He also suggested compiling a list of the children of the enclaved, in order to make efforts to facilitate their resettlement.
Kormakitis community leader Valentinos Koumettis stated that the abuses are not of such magnitude as to inconvenience the entire resettled population.
Regarding the crossings at the checkpoints, he mentioned that comedic incidents have been observed. For example, in one case, a three-year-old child was judged at the checkpoint to meet the criteria of the regulation while his mother did not. There are cases of enclaved individuals whose allowance was cut off while they were residing in Kormakitis.
It is noted that the allowance for those residing in the occupied areas is €372.
Agia Triada community leader Katina Zaura stated that in her community, enclaved individuals under 30 are very few, with the rest being over 75 years old.
She also warned that in ten years, there will be no enclaved individuals in Agia Triada, and in that case, even their homes will be seized.
Commenting on the provision for enclaved individuals to stay in their villages for four days (to qualify for the allowance), she said it is ridiculous to consider that someone resettles for €372 since the fuel costs for transportation are much higher.
Similar positions were expressed by the representative of the children of the enclaved, Giannakis Zouras, who noted that Agia Triada will cease to exist in less than ten years.
One of the issues raised concerned the attempt of an enclaved individual to transport 30 cans of oil produced by him to the areas under the control of the Republic, but he was not allowed by the authorities of the British Bases in Strovilia, so he returned to his village.
As stated by Agia Triada community leader, the police of the Republic of Cyprus react in the same way.
Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Anna Aristotelous assured that solutions to the problems affecting the trapped individuals and the resettled ones have already been initiated.
