Cyprus
September 29, 2020
Cyprus: Asylum Seekers Summarily Returned
Cypriot coast guard forces summarily pushed back, abandoned, expelled, or returned more than 200 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers coming from Lebanon during the first week of September 2020 without giving them the opportunity to lodge asylum claims, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Refugees and Migrants
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ArmsWhen we released Cluster Munition Monitor 2018 last Thursday, we highlighted the untarnished compliance record regarding the convention’s core prohibitions. One of the most visible examples is seen in stockpile destruction, where all of the first states with cluster munitions to ratify the convention destroyed their stocks within the convention’s eight-year deadline.
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Turkish Cypriot Authorities: Release Detained Syrian Asylum Seekers
Republic of Cyprus Should Process Their Claims
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Cluster Munition Coalition Statement on Stockpile Destruction to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Arms Division
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EU: Improve Migrant Rescue, Offer Refuge
Summit Needs Rights-Based Approach to Boat Migration, Syria Refugees
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