Cypriot Minister Says Most Refugee Asylum Claims Sham Attempts

NICOSIA -- Cyprus' Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said 78 percent of people arriving on the island seeking asylum are not refugees and ineligible, indicating they are not fleeing for their lives but looking for work and better economic conditions. Speaking to the European Union's Monitoring Committee for Home Affairs he said that they are being hoodwinked by profiteers sending them to the island with dreams of work and a better life. “They deceive the...