Cyprus had sent 8,511 migrants home by early November 2024 and 9,193 last year through the voluntary return programme, Deputy Migration Minister Nicolas Ioannides said on Friday, pointing out that returns were an important instrument for addressing illegal migration .
Addressing the third meeting of the monitoring committees of the EU Home Affairs Funds for 2021-2027, Ioannides said Cyprus continues to receive high migration pressure as a front-line member state
