Cyprus excludes new asylum seekers from resettlement scheme

FILE PHOTO: Migrants make their way outside the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo

NICOSIA (Reuters) - New asylum seekers to Cyprus will be excluded from a re-settlement scheme to another EU member state to stop any abuse of the system, authorities said on Wednesday.

Strategically placed at the crossroads of three continents, Cyprus has been struggling with a surge in irregular migration in recent years.