Turkey, with its ongoing provocations in the region has created an impossible situation; now EU taxpayers are being forced to pay for Turkey’s trafficking migrants into Cyprus. As Reuters reported on March 5: “Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants toward its territory.”
This makes the migrants the responsibility of the EU, which should protect its own borders, but that is no longer the case. The Eastern European states in the Visegrad group (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia) have no need comparable to that of Cyprus here to go hat in hand to the EU to ask for help in providing for Muslim economic migrants. They refused to be bullied by leftists and Islamic supremacists and to honor a suicidal open-door suicidal immigration policy.
“Cyprus says it is beyond limit of migrant capacity, needs EU help,” Reuters, March 20, 2021:
Cyprus has been stretched beyond its limits in accommodating asylum seekers and migrants and needs support from its European Union partners, a government official said on Friday.
Previously overlooked as a migratory route, the eastern Mediterranean island has seen an increase in irregular arrivals over the past four years. On Thursday, a European human rights watchdog asked Cyprus to investigate reports of sometimes violent attempts to drive away migrants at sea, a practice that is internationally banned. Nicosia has denied the accusations.
“Cyprus is a country which is at the receiving end of the biggest inflows as a percentage of its population, with the risk of demographic changes,” deputy government spokesman Viktor Papadopoulos told a news briefing.
“The capability of the Republic of Cyprus in accommodating these people has been exhausted.”
Authorities frequently maintain that asylum seekers have reached 4 percent of Cyprus’s overall population of around 850,000 in areas controlled by the internationally recognised government, a figure rights groups say is grossly exaggerated.
They say Cyprus might be quoting accumulated figures of two decades, since it opened up asylum processes in 2002. It also distorts a situation where persons may have integrated into society, left the island, or died, they say.
“It is not correct,” said Corina Demetriou, an expert in human rights. “This (4 percent) is a very gross inflation of the number.”
Based on data of the island’s asylum service, Cyprus – a country half the size of Wales – received 7,094 asylum applications in 2020, falling almost by half compared to 2019….
mortimer says
For small countries, the open-borders policy is national suicide. It will also be so for the US.
Turkey is pursuing a multi-pronged attack on the West and on Europe stopping short of war.
Infidel says
I know that Cyprus doesn’t recognize Northern Cyprus, but why didn’t they all these years build a wall that would prevent any Turk from entering? Since they didn’t, they now face an invasion
They should leave the EU and ally w/ Israel, Greece and other enemies of Turkey, including the Arabs
Crusades Were Right says
Israel supplied Azerbaijan (a Turkish Mohammedan pseudo-state) with smart bombs that were used against the Christian Armenians last year.
Israel is not a friend of Christian nations.
gravenimage says
This happened before the Azeri aggression against Armenians. Foolish on Israel’s part, but the implication that Israel was deliberately enabling the bombing of Christians is mistaken.
Crusades Were Right says
The Azeri Turks had been besieging Armenia/Artsakh for decades – engaging in border outrages resulting in the deaths of Armenians – and refusing to recognize Artsakh independence.
Israel knew perfectly well what those weapons were for.
commonsense says
Israel’s cordial relations with Azerbaijan are based upon the historic, continuous and admittedly highly aberrant Judeophilia prevailing among the Azeri Muslims toward their local Jewish minority. This extends back to the Middle Ages. These local Jews, protected by Azeris in whose domains they resided, historically fought on the Azeri side during armed conflicts with the Armenians, who were no friends of Jews, Azeri or otherwise. Did Israel make a terrible mistake backing the Azeris in the present conflict? Quite possibly, as the Azeris seem to be waging an expansionist war
(i.e. a local jihad) against the Armenians. I remain baffled by the near millenium-old solicitude displayed toward Jews by the Muslims of Azerbaijan, given how Jews are demonized in the Koran, hadiths, and Sira. I have failed to find any information online which would account for it.
Quazgaa says
Actually, Israel has listening posts on the azeri-iranian border.
In exchange, Israel supplies Azerbaijan with high tech weapons.
Quazgaa says
I believe it’s called realpolitik.
Boycott Turkey says
Infidel the problem is Greek Cypriots who where forced from there homes by Turkey sometimes go to the north to visit there old villages and see there occupied homes and visit monasteries I visited the north to see my mum and dads village where they where born once but unfortunately some Greek Cypriots are spending money there by going to casinos and markets because some things in the north are Cheaper they spend money there to it angers me I think either Turkey army leaves or we put hard border there and Greek Cypriots should not be visiting the north to spend money
GreekEmpress says
+1
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
I think that Cypress leaving the EU – and allying with Israel and Greece – makes a lot of sense…
Crusades Were Right says
Why on earth did Cyprus – a Christian country that is partially occupied by Mohammedan “Turkey” – allow ANY Mohammedans to enter the part of its territory that remained under Cypriot control? Now the fools have allowed yet another Mohammedan population to accumulate who can appeal for “Turkey” to “rescue” them from Christian “persecution”, i.e. refusal to kowtow to Mohammedans.
Given recent and ongoing events in Artsakh/Armenia, does anyone believe the “international community” would intervene to protect Cyprus from Turkish aggression?
Boycott Turkey says
It’s Turkey bringing them over they take them to the illegally occupied North Cyprus and help them cross the border in the South Turkey is illegally occupying the North Cyprus and shouldn’t even be there Turkey needs to get out of Cyprus and end the illegal occupation. Cyprus being part of the EU is blackmailed like other EU countries to take in migrants
GreekEmpress says
????
Patrick White says
It’s accepting Muslims in the first place that led to Cyprus’s dreadful division.
Why more Muslims now? Why don’t they go to the northern side… or better yet – to Turkey?
I wish more countries were like Israel. That country knows exactly when to say ‘stop’, ‘no’, and ‘no more’.
gravenimage says
Turkey invaded Cyprus in the 1970s. Cyprus did not invite them in.
But they *should* say no to this Muslim influx now.
Raja says
Patrick,
Israelis are smart, they are yet to be smitten by Leftism, the virulent rabies.
Boycott Turkey says
Cyprus never excepted them Turkey invaded in 1974 and force Greeks from there homes in the North and is illegally occupying the north till this day Cyprus doesn’t have the same military as Israel the EU blackmails Cyprus
gravenimage says
Cyprus appeals to the European Union for help in dealing with Muslim migrant influx
……………..
This is more of Turkey’s Jihad against Greek Infidels.
Raja says
Gravenimage,
You are right. All these events might probably have Turkey’s blessing. For Islam no amount of cursing the infidel will suffice, jihad must go hand in hand.
gravenimage says
+1
Raja says
Approaching the EU is akin to approaching a corrupt cop who tacitly approved the mafia to have a field day.
Would anyone go to the problem or the solution?