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NICOSIA, Cyprus – Large European Union countries should do their fair share and accept more migrants from overburdened members that are the typical entry points into Europe, Cyprus’ interior ministry said Monday.
The ministry said in a statement to The Associated Press that the EU needs a more “balanced, holistic and integrated” approach to migration that includes moving people from the coastal countries that first receive them.
The ministry said Cyprus would adhere to its EU obligations, but that other nations do not realize Cyprus is among the places bearing the brunt of the influx.
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides’ wants to address “the misperception inherent within EU circles that Cyprus is not on the frontline of the refugee inflow from Syria and other countries in the Middle East.”
According to EU statistics, Cyprus ranks fourth among the bloc’s 28 nations in the number of asylum applications per capita, behind Malta, Greece and Luxembourg. The island nation is located approximately 80 miles (135 kilometers) south of Turkey and about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Syria.
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