UNHCR concerned over Kurdish families
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said it was greatly concerned over deteriorating conditions of asylum seekers in Cyprus, offered to support the government and called for accelerating actions on contingency planning. In a statement, the UNHCR mentioned the instance of more than 100 Kurdish men, women and children of Syrian origin who have „remained for over two weeks without shelter in the streets of Nicosia at the doorsteps of the ministry of interior,“ said Nasr Ishak, UNHCR Representative for Cyprus.