CLOSE to breaking point, and devastated by the recent death of one of their own, some 60 Syrian refugees from the 337 rescued off the coast in September en route to Italy are tired of waiting, they said

during a protest they held yesterday outside the House. The death of the 25-year-old man – he was found hanged in a park near the presidential palace on Friday – motivated the refugees from the

Kokkinotrimithia camp to take to the streets, they said. There are currently 241 people at the refugee camp out of the 337 that were originally rescued. On arrival in Cyprus they were given temporary

residence permits and told that the camp was going to close down by December 28. It hasn’t and there is still no official word. The refugees have on several occasions been told to apply for asylum but

most want to go to mainland Europe.

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