The government of Cyprus declared a “migrant emergency” in April after more than 2,000 people arrived there by sea in the first three months of 2024. That’s compared to just 78 in the same period of 2023. Many are Syrians fleeing war and economic crises in Lebanon, which has been home to more than a million refugees since the Syrian civil war started. Vera Haller reports from Nicosia, Cyprus, that the government there has stopped processing asylum requests from Syrians, leaving a whole community in limbo.
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