More than 900 Syrian nationals have either withdrawn their asylum applications or renounced their international protection status in Cyprus over the past month, as part of a voluntary repatriation programme, the Deputy Ministry for Migration Nicholas Ioannides said.
In a post on X Monday, Ioannides noted that approximately 300 Syrians have already left Cyprus and returned to Syria, after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
The ministry’s staff continues to process applications from Syrian nationals who wish to return to their homeland, as part of Cyprus’s efforts to manage migration flows, Ioannides noted.
Syria has been one of the main sources of asylum seekers in Cyprus in recent years.
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