Cyprus Profile

Number of Immigration Detention Sites: 9 (2009)

Number of asylum seekers: 11,892 (end of 2007)

Undocumented Foreign Workers: 10,000-60,000 (2007)

Last updated: March 2009

Cyprus Detention Profile

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. 2008. Report by Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Following Visit to the Republic of Cyprus on 7-10 July 2008. Council of Europe. 12 December 2008.
Demetriadou, Thekla (Officer, Office of the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) of Cyprus). 2009. Interview by Michael Flynn. Phone conversation. 23 January 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and
transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007.
Symfiliosi. 2007. "Cyprus." In Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Edited by the Jesuit Refugee Services - Europe. December 2007. http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008).