Cypriot emigrants: Cypriot immigrants to the United Kingdom, Cypriot immigrants to the United States, Cypriot refugees - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Cypriot immigrants to the United Kingdom, Cypriot immigrants to the United States, Cypriot refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus, Alexia, Nikos Sampson, Dimitris Christofias, Asil Nadir, Mick Karn, Hussein Chalayan, Andrew Nicolaides, Costas Georgiou, Theo Paphitis, Garo Yepremian, Solomos Solomou, Georgios Iacovou, Angela Bowie, Kyriacos Demetriou, Anastasios Christodoulou, Sotiris Kaiafas, Symeon C. Symeonides, Vamık Volkan, C. L. Max Nikias, Andreas Liveras, Eleni Mavrou, Peter Costa, George Gregoriou, Andrea Christofidou, Chris Achilleos, Reo Stakis, Chris Kontos, George Constantinou, Yiannakis Matsis. Excerpt: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus is an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) opened in August 1974 upon the request of the Government of Cyprus (GoC) and the Secretary-General of the United Nations. UNHCR Representation in Cyprus was designated as Coordinator of the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance for Cyprus. Parallel to the above, UNHCR was also responsible upon the request of the Cyprus Government to examine applications for refugee status. Simultaneously, UNHCR assisted the Government in developing their national legislation and procedure for the examination of asylum claims. The law came into life in 2000 and in January 2002 the Cyprus Government started receiving and processing asylum applications. The UNHCR Representation in Cyprus offices are located in the United Nations Protected Area (UNPA), where the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is based. Access to UNPA is restricted and tightly controlled by UNFIYP, through check points and other forms of surveillance. UNHCR has been assisting in Cyprus since 1974. At the request of the Government of Cyprus (GoC) an...