Cyprus - 2012
Unaccompanied minors inflow
- Code:
- B13
- Key Area:
- Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
- Strand(s):
- Demographics & Economics
| Short Answer |
At the end of the year in 2010, the number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum was 45 (17 girls and 28 boys). |
| Qualitative Info |
No data is available as regards the inflow of unaccompanied minors. The Social Welfare Services of the Ministry of Labour has supplied (by their letter dated 01.11.2011) the following data upon request: At the end of the year in 2010, the number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum was 45 (17 girls and 28 boys) plus one boy permitted to stay for humanitarian reasons. The majority (10 children) came from Cameroon and six came from Iraq. At the end of the year 2009, there were 34 unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Cyprus (21 girls and 13 boys) plus two undocumented (one boy and one girl). The majority (7 of them) came from Syria and 5 came from Congo. In 2008 there were 127 unaccompanied minors (22 girls and 105 boys). The majority (65) came from Syria, 36 came from Iran and 12 from Nigeria.
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| Number | 45 |
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| Groups affected/interested | Refugees, Asylum seekers |
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