There are more and more statements and behaviors of discrediting the government decision for the transfer of unaccompanied children from the Pournara and Ukrainian Refugee Reception Center, in free Famagusta. That is why today's statement by Giannis Karousos, Minister of Transport, that he does not consider that there will be a problem if Ukrainian refugees are accommodated in free Famagusta, is even more strange… Why it “empties” representatives of… another school of thought, but below they do not appear and do not solutions are proposed to change this behavior and comply with government decisions.
After the mayor of Paralimni, Theodoros Pyrillis, who in his statements on Alpha TV violated the government decisions for the transfer of refugees to Famagusta, saying, among other things, that we should not “put refugees and immigrants in the front line with tourists”, yesterday , accommodation owner breached his agreement with the competent ministry and refused to transport 150 minors to his accommodation. Breaking the agreement has brought the Ministry of Social Welfare into great difficulty, because it is now forced to make new arrangements looking for other places, a case that does not seem easy, as education and other issues related to the placement of children in a new place must be ensured.
Today, therefore, as KYPE informs us, the Minister of Transport, expressed the assessment that there will be no problem if Ukrainian refugees are hosted in the free province of Famagusta. A statement that “empties” Theodoros Pyrillis, who does not want the refugees from Ukraine to settle in the coastal area of Protaras, but does not give a solution to the problem.
In statements to Xylofagou and you are called to Commenting on these reports of the Mayor of Paralimni, Mr. Karousos replied: “No, I do not share the views of the Mayor of Paralimni, I have disagreed with him and I have told him.”
It is also a humanitarian issue, he said, and noted that in 1974 “we had several refugees from Cyprus who were welcomed or traveled abroad. “I do not think there will be a problem if Ukrainians are hosted in the free Province of Famagusta and we have a disagreement with the Mayor on this issue.”
“If and as long as there are Ukrainian refugees, we owe as an EU member state, there is also the European Regulation that has been passed, we will offer what other countries offer to these refugees. Yes, we will welcome them because it is a war, they are refugees, even if we do not forget, we experienced it in 1974 “.
