In 2022 21.565 people applied for asylum in Cyprus while 7.500 asylum seekers were repatriated leaving a surplus of about 14.000. Is this sustainable?

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1. No they will bring jihad and burn cars.

   The reason ghettos are created is not because they speak a different language and “have a different way of life” aka a different way to call them savages. The reason ghettos happen is the government never intends to integrate these people and would rather keep them in segregated blocks all together.

   I think it should take a statistician so they can account for different factors and not just add up numbers to bring xenophobia.

   There is still a lack of workforce in the manual labour industry, which only increases with the aging population.

   Honestly there is not much a country can do, the solution to the “migration problem” will only come when the land where these people are coming from stabilises. So feel free to blame USA proxy wars.

2. Of course it is not sustainable. They have to process them faster and send those who aren’t refugees back asap.

3. There has been an analogous influx of economic migrants from south east Asian countries or poorer European countries. Perhaps more tellingly, also a great influx of Russians and Ukrainians, particularly after the recent war.

   I agree that uncontrolled migration is unsustainable, but the choice of which migrant group to focus on as an issue and the legitimacy of issues raised is heavily informed by preconceived notions carried by most of Cypriots.

   There are some legitimate measures to consider with respect to how we should handle asylum seekers and migrants so that the state can sustain the influx, but if the society as a whole still thinks of these people as a burden and follows a NIMBY mentality, there’s really no truly sensible measure that would ever appease the outrage and/or concerns.

4. Of course it’s not sustainable.

   It’s another Anastasiades failure (continuing with the new guy). They ignored it for years and now just some token gestures once entire neighbourhoods become ghettos.

   This is what happens when the government is completely useless.

5. Not sure how it is in other parts of Cyprus, but in Paralimni, Larnaca and the part of Nicosia where my brother lives I’ve noticed more Africans and Ukrainians who are in Cyprus on asylum or temporary protection working in hospitality, tourism or in supermarkets while also noticing FAR less EU-nationals from eastern European countries working in the holiday spots. So I think more refugees has coincided with less seasonal EU nationals.

   Sustainable? Probably not. As dramatic as some are claiming? I think also not.

6. No.

7. Of course it isn’t but whilst those few are are very rich and powerful continue to benefit it will continue.

   Large influx of immigrant means low wages and let’s be honest, Cypriots have absolutely no issue with using immigrates to do low paying menial jobs such as cleaners, carers, car washing, porters, factory work etc etc..

   Let’s be real honest here, there is a major issue with racisim in Cyprus and consider themselves above immigrants, especially Black Immigrants.

   As for the Government, as we have seen in the UK, Immigration is nothing more than tool to use to deflect blame for poor leadership.

   Lack of Housing, Immigration, Crime increasing, Immigration, low wages, Immigration, Lack of Jobs, Immigration, Poor Public Services, Immigration.

   The bigger the percentage of your population is racist and xenophobic the more powerful the tool.

   Of course those with a braincell know full well that all things are down to poor Governing and not Immigration but as I said, whilst people in high places are making money from it it will continue.

8. It’s not about what “will” or “will not” happen. It’s already happening

9. Well these are the hard truths of all that is happening around us.wars famine climate change that forces people to migrate.
   The future of Cyprus is more multi-race that what it was the last 200 years.
   We should try and help the people integrate into our society.
   Most of our villages on the mountains are abandoned, nobody works the fields, we need people to clean the streets, we need workforce for the farms, we need more children,we are an ageing society.
   If your issue is skin tone then you know what you are.if your issue is religion, then tough luck, most of the young people are atheists anyways .
   Immigration is unavoidable and we should be smart about it.
   Process the applications MUCH FASTER and try and intergate those who stay behind faster teaching them language, cultural traditions and so on.
   They are a handful of NGOs trying to do so with a lot of success especially for the children of immigrants and we should all support them.
   Anyway in a few years all the people mentioned above will be part of our society, classmates to our children, work colleagues and for sure, VOTERS.
   So open your eyes and don’t wear blindfolds and take a look at these imigration situation without racism, and maybe our little interbred society has many things to benefit from in the future both from a financial point of view and biological.

10. of course it’s not sustainable.

    i was just discussing this with friends couple of days ago – that if around 10-15k of people came to Limassol since the war started, it amounts to around 10% of entire city population.

    the roads are clogged with cars, they’re parked on sidewalks, random free lanes on the road, on the little green areas we had left…

    the city just cannot handle such influx of people – dont get me started on what type of asylum seekers chose Cyprus as the destination – the wealthier Ukrainians that are looking for tax haven and a place where they wont be asked how they got all their porsche, bentley etc cars and rented/bought fancy apartments, causing the rent to sky rocket even more for everyone else that cannot afford it….