Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots wearing hoods and brandishing sticks tried to attack Syrian migrants.
They face charges including weapons possession and causing violence.
What apparently triggered Sunday’s protest was a police sweep through an abandoned apartment complex in Chloraka to evict dozens of migrants who had been living illegally there. Police had carried out several such raids in the village in the last three years following a court order banning the settlement of additional asylum seekers and individuals who were granted international protection.
Andreou told private TV station Sigma that a Syrian man who was arrested was being investigated for allegedly trying to instigate others to violence through social media. Christodoulides said he has instructed both the police chief and the justice minister to hold talks with Chloraka municipal authorities and the Syrian migrants to “ensure public order” because “the people’s sense of security is non-negotiable.”
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