Migrant workers make up for 9 per cent of Cyprus’ workforce

Foreign workers are almost three times more likely to be subjected to forced labour than Cypriots, while accounting for around 9 per cent of Cyprus’ workforce, figures presented at an event marking World Day Against Human Trafficking showed on Thursday.

Speaking at the event in Nicosia, head of the Step Up Stop Slavery initiative Katerina Stefanou said Cyprus “already has legislation and mechanisms to combat human trafficking”, but stressed that their effectiveness depended on cooperation...