‘Less than half’ of north’s workforce are Cypriots

Less than half of the north’s workforce are Cypriots , independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Aysegul Baybars said on Monday night.

Addressing the Turkish Cypriot legislature as it debated the north’s ‘labour ministry’s’ budget, she lamented “very serious problems in working life” in the north.

“The population and working life in this country have transformed into a multinational structure. Fifty-two per cent of the workforce in our country is foreign. Our