Cyprus Mail12 Jun 2026

Cyprus and Lithuania sign relocation agreement under EU migration pact

Cyprus and Lithuania on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation on the relocation of applicants for international protection from Cyprus to Lithuania, marking one of the first concrete solidarity measures under the European Union’s new pact on migration and asylum.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the informal ministerial meeting on the migration pact taking place in Nicosia....

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