Soon there will be an announcement to solve the problem with the crossings of enclaved and resettled people from the government-controlled areas to the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus, said the Head of Humanitarian Affairs for Missing and Enclaved Persons, Anna Aristotelous, during a meeting she had with local authorities.
As stated in a press release by the Presidency, the issue of the crossing of enclaved and resettled patients and students from the government-controlled areas to the occupied village of Kormakitis, through the checkpoint of Agios Dometios, was also raised, in order to ensure a way to assist patients and students to cross without delay to the occupied villages from the government-controlled areas of Cyprus.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.
Turkey occupied 36,2 percent of the sovereign territory of the Republic and forcibly expelled about 180,000 Greek Cypriots from their homes. Another 20,000 Greek Cypriots, who had remained in the
occupied areas, were also forced to eventually abandon their homes and seek refuge in the safety of the government controlled areas. Today, very few enclaved Greek Cypriots remain in the occupied areas. The government supports, through certain programs, people to resettle in their home villages.
Source: Cyprus News Agency