
The number of asylum applications in Cyprus have plummeted to 6,750 in 2024, compared to 11,660 in 2023, marking a staggering 42 per cent decline, according to the annual Asylum and Migration Overview of the European Migration Network (EMN).
In its most recent overview, the EMN reports that at 13.8 per cent Cyprus had the third-highest share of third-country nationals in the total population in 2024, following Malta, at 20.4