Pope to facilitate re-location of 50 migrants, Cyprus says

Pope Francis arrives to hold an ecumenical prayer with migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Friday that 50 migrants in the country would be re-located as part of an initiative by Pope Francis coinciding with his visit to the east Mediterranean island.

The interior ministry, in an announcement that confirmed an earlier Reuters report, said the 50 included two people who had been stranded in the no-man's-land dividing the two sides of the divided island for the past five months.