The many faces of migrants in Cyprus.

With Cyprus hosting an ever-increasing number of 'third-country nationals' - i.e. migrants from Asia and Africa - we talked to a few of them on the streets of old Nicosia.

[@introvert9315]

"It's called Europe, but it doesn't look like Europe."

[@Izannaziza]

It’s called America, Australia Canada New Zealand Zimbabwe South Africa Argentina Brazil Alaska etc etc etc etc...... The red brown and black....... But it doesn’t look like it...... Moral of the story...... What goes around comes around......

[@syrianball1875]

Well call population is mostly white this is only the Internet

[@George22777]

Ah yes the european country of Cyprus 🙄🙄 Just because they speak greek doesn't mean they are European, it's middle eastern Also what about north america, doesn't look north american? South America? Australia? Pure race doesn't exist get over it racist

[@syrianball1875]

@@George22777 so? We are in the eu? Our culture is European, and our language is Greek.

[@George22777]

@@syrianball1875 geographically it's still in the middle east. Much like Armenia, it's culturally closer to eastern Europe but it's still a middle eastern west asian country and there's nothing wrong with that ^_^ Also joining a political union does not change the geographical boundaries. So cyprus is technically European/ eastern European from a political and a cultural perspective but isn't from a geographical one

[@nYxkYx]

The only person who is truly grateful is the Iraqi lady! She knows the value to roam around freely! Rest all of them are economic migrants!

[@iropeti1624]

The lady from Congo as well! But anyways, it makes sense not to feel extremely happy when you don't have a job.

[@RamKrishna-hf6dd]

Why else do people want to go to that filthy country?!! Cyprus is one of the worst countries for Asians to go

[@A.Musa76]

As a Cypriot. Cyprus need to resolve there own issues with both side and reunite first before any immigrants, seekers, etc. come to the Island.

[@user-eo7xj8jr5c]

Cyprus will go down hill, hope not but I see it happening like what's happend to England along time ago, hope they will make things right

[@irsinium]

See this is their mentality, the black guy said it " they ( Cyprus) have to adapt". Some really have the audacity to think that a country has to change in order to fit them. Also they think UN is giving money to keeo them happy.

[@andreasmc1]

The Cypriots have no reason to adapt

[@IongliveIsrael]

RIP Cyprus… When this madness will end…

[@kostaskothras9491]

When we will send them back

[@ProudCypriot]

Hope soon. Trying to make contacts with african countries through France and Belgium. Hopefully blacks will be send back soon. For the arabs from syria when some territories categorized som no war zone tjey will be send back immediatly

[@ares1808]

So at what stage in the process do their own governments take responsibility for the crisis that they put their own citizens in? One can only question. Cyprus by and large is small and cannot support many immigrants and refugees. Cyprus is not the answer to their problem.

[@82christos]

Excellent video. Unbiased and just shows the situation without expressing any views

[@andyvarnava748]

Cyprus is a tiny island they have there own problems and they would struggle to accommodate much more

[@wingaard]

In ten years time you will have an excellent drugs trade - well done Cyprus. !!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I love how these guys all think they have a " Right " to be there . Self entitled or what !?!

[@cypruswithoutborders1034]

I have spoken to 2 Cameroonians who told me that they got on a boat to the UK, were left at the beach in Cyprus and were told it was the UK! Insane!

[@nikosv8166]

the question is, is turkey bringing these africans to europe?

[@johnnywires943]

You believe that shit?

[@beverlybradley5485]

Good we've got enough of them it's an Army time to sort this problem out !

[@morganphoebe5033]

GET THEM OUT!!!! WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE NOT ON A BOAT HOME TO THEIR COUNTRIES!?! THEY ARE NOT FROM CONFLICT NATIONS!!!

[@harriskhan2126]

Cyprus can send those people to Germany. Germany has refuse open door policy.

[@catsfan_M]

Germany has enough refugees

[@chuckicha]

Hey du Arsch wer hat dir denn den Scheiss erzählt? Guckst du BBC oder andere Fakemedia? Deutschland und Frankreich ist überfüllt mit diesen Taugenichtsen und ungebildeten Nichtskönner. Deutschland ist wegen dieser Arschlöcher in Economy und Wirtschaft von Top 5 auf Platz 16gefallen! Macht die Grenzen dicht und öffnet lieber die Türen für fleissige Asiaten und Inder die ohne Arbeit nicht leben können und sowieso in Kriminalstatistiken sehr sehr unauffällig sind.

[@arpudli8962]

Than stop invite more Germany!!! Fucking stop inviting... Just say you don't want more... Cut the bullshit guilt crap from ww2

[@nYxkYx]

God! Why do people think they are owed something?

[@hellenicworld1431]

There is no northern Cyprus . No such state is recognised

[@user-ss1bm6bo8h]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 Yaşasın Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti ve lanet olsun rumlara 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@nicodemosvarnava2520]

Please continue doing this kinds.of videos! Great Job

[@a.antreou4871]

Cyprus is small what how meny people can they fit?

[@full-]

A lot.

[@shadhinbaruanishu7544]

Thanks for the video!

[@ak-vg2xc]

Cypriots have become a minority in their own country...

[@pits.893]

No...

[@nicolashadjinicolaou6921]

@@pits.893 yes we can see every day that the last thing we have to do it's take guns and fight for our country

[@kostaskothras9491]

@@nicolashadjinicolaou6921 in the end but then it will be too late

[@nicolashadjinicolaou6921]

@@kostaskothras9491 I know that

[@danmburu9203]

I'm a Kenyan(African) but some of the West African countries have really messed Africa's image.

[@airsay]

Lol. This is "code" for Nigerians. I don't know about now, but in the early 2000s Nigerians where the first set of African students that cane to Cyprus ins Large numbers. And it wasn't that bad then. You knew EVERY NIGERIAN in Nicosia. Students or not. Knew almost all the Ghanaians as well

[@anthonyemejulu3326]

This is no facts check well... Cameroonians first, then the rest.. the issue is, people are not saying harbour them. They are saying treat them well, then you can do whatever please you as the lord and master by sending them back as some Cypriots are saying. Pray that nothing happens to you that you have to sort for places to run to. People actually have problems and cruelty isn't the way to go about it. Pray that our light will shine again! Africans unite!

[@alisonhilll4317]

No wars in any of those counties , so they are here for the money .

[@alisonhilll4317]

@amir ali well come to the west .

[@gurjodhsandhu5256]

@@alisonhilll4317 don't come student visa

[@cata9284]

So, what's the problem with this?. That's the point , aim and purpose of immigration isn't it?.

[@liverpool7775]

@@cata9284 immigrant does not equal refugee though..

[@cata9284]

@@liverpool7775 I think I already knew and know of this

[@nisiotisparis2583]

-The Cypriots will adapt ok i have heared enough, το θράσος απύθμενο

[@nisiotisparis2583]

@Chris M αγορίνα ζω στο εξωτερικό 5 χρόνια, and it's normal that in this case I am the who will have to adapt. The locals are not the ones who have to adapt. Πας καλά ρε, θα ενσωματωθούν οι ντόπιοι για χάρη μου; προφανώς εγώ θα ενσωματωθω διότι επιλέγω να μείνω σε ξένη χώρα. Αλλιώς τραβά σπιτάκι φτιάξε και κανα μιναρε, φορά και σαρικακι μιας και σε κόβω για χανουμισσα. Πάρτους και σπίτι, γιατί όλοι τους είδους σου μιλάτε πάντα εκ του ασφαλούς. Αι στο διαόλο

[@chriscosta9248]

@@nisiotisparis2583 Οταν ειπε οτι οι Κυπριοι θα προσαρμοστουν προφανος εννουσε στο multiculturalism οχι οτι θα αλλαξουν οι Κυπριοι τις συνυθειες τους

[@agentemontecristo6374]

If each country government provides and protects its citizens cross migration will stop.

[@Anna-cq2qf]

That’s right!!👏🏽

[@erdemg5633]

Last decade of EU.

[@davidwilson657]

Turkeys silent war against south

[@user-fq7of5uc1w]

5:39 Good man.

[@first9299]

Most people around the world will be born and die in or around the same place. It takes a seriously strong willed and risk taking person to immigrate to another country especially if you have no family and don't speak the language there. I don't think could ever do that.

[@ares1808]

Either that or one that runs away from the problems in their own backyard. They should be putting pressure on their own governments to do more and demand more on their part from other nations so that they can be sustainably supported in their own country.

[@jamiejessop174]

If you don't like it go home simple really

[@djolongendja2999]

En 1974 ils ont eu la guerre ici ils sont venu en Afrique pour se réfugier mais regarder la manière dont ils nous traitent c'est malheureux et thanks you for your vidéo

[@andreasjohn3587]

Come by foot to Southern Cyprus, don't like it there, then go home.

[@kingslydevadas3952]

The interviewer is very nice.

[@myragamgoum5805]

These people are not fleeing war country they are economic

[@aresa404]

My heart feels sorry for them 💔 One word of advice: learning Greek might help you land a job. May God be with you

[@vjatcheslavfilatov5867]

You are so kind..but think about the island.. it's a pity..but the crime is going up..and it's not a secret why.. And pay attention to the fact.. that every boat with refugees has 80% of men..are you sure they are not ISIL Don't be so naive

[@apav.14]

Lol u think so I learned Greek so good and things doesn't go to be better go to be worse and worse till I left Cyprus

[@johnnywires943]

@@apav.14 Glad you left.

[@johnnywires943]

Is that what you did?Learn Greek?Where are you from sonshine?Pakistan,Syria?

[@xristosstylianou3030]

cyprus has no future

[@BaltoD60]

Face of nearly all males leaving women and children behind in "mortal danger"?

[@0702romelamin]

Really. How many Cypriot move to Uk in 2008 due to the financial crisis? We are all human. Please love & respect everyone. Millions of Greek moved to the USA, UK, Australia and many of my Cypriot friends came to study in the UK. After completing their study some of them chose to live in the UK. I studied at Intercollege in 1991. The Cypriot love tourist money but they really hate coloured people. I experienced it badly. But when I travelled to Europe, the USA and Australia I saw many Cypriot lives there. Last year I employed 2 Greek people for my company.

[@mariak2294]

Cypriots didn’t enter those countries illegally they went to work they earned their rights and money . They need to adjust learn the language and culture otherwise they can’t understand the people . It’s an island that everyone wants a piece of . As of racism it’s everywhere it’s not all Cypriots.

[@0702romelamin]

@@mariak2294 I am not talking about legal or illegal here. The racism of Cypriot is in a different level. I understand Cyprus is a small island but you should cherish the different color of peoples& cultures. At the end we are all humans.

[@mariak2294]

@@0702romelamin so what is the point of your comment to express your dislike about Cyprus because you faced racism in 1991. Before you judge a country make sure you know well about it history and all . Yes of course we are all people and I don’t distinguish people by the colour of their skin.

[@0702romelamin]

@@mariak2294 Oh Maria I stand by my comment. I do know the Cypriot history. I learnt Greek language & I knew how to read & write of your language. Please don’t make a comment without knowing the full facts. As I said I don’t have anything against Cypriot as I do have good friends from Cyprus but the fact is most of the Cypriots are racist. I knew how racist the Cypriots are. Cyprus 🇨🇾 nearly bankrupt in 2008 & EU helped. Unfortunately the Cypriot doesn’t show the same generosity with the foreigners. My Cypriots friends does agree with me most of the Cypriots are racist.

[@mariak2294]

@@0702romelamin this isn’t a contest of who agrees with you or not , you are commenting under a video about illegal immigrants entering the country that turkey flies them over to. And you are bitter about Cypriots and them being racist , racism exists everywhere . I really doubt you know the full history.

[@valkry007]

Cypress is going dark.

[@ww8636]

If you 2 communities don’t fight each other why do you need me in this island? Please fight. If you don’t fight i will do everything for your fight. Best regards, your best sneaky friend 😁

[@faizanmuhammad5104]

4.00 i really impressed English of young black man

[@EndietheEnderman]

They speak English in Africa that was a British colony...

[@marcopolo2395]

yikes

[@chriscosta9248]

I am a native born Greek Cypriot and I am so very happy to see how diverse my country is becoming. We still need to find a way to integrate all these people however. There should be government programs that teaches them Greek and helps them find jobs, in order to help them become part of our society instead of putting them into ghettos in cheap areas and pretend they don't exist.

[@A.Musa76]

I disagree as a Cypriot. We need to fix our own issue first and reunite both side together as one before taking them in and run our Island.

[@chriscosta9248]

I agree that we should solve the cyprus problem but it's not neither or, we could do both

[@aresa404]

I agree. Teaching them Greek is the first step I think

[@onoskelvin2272]

@@aresa404 you are a good example of a non racist Cypriot God bless you

[@onoskelvin2272]

@@chriscosta9248 you are a good example of a non racist... God bless you and lift you higher

[@MENSA.lady2]

Nobody forces them to come. If they are unhappy nobody is forcing them to stay. So go back home.

[@zahrahroa1550]

The interviewer sounds like Nicholas Cage o.o

[@sanitalama7424]

In Cyprus students life is very bad because no wan will give the job.

[@christosmedia93]

Thats not true... if you want job there is a lot of space in cyprus!!! I can find you 10 jobs right now

[@sanitalama7424]

🤔🤔🤔

[@sanitalama7424]

@@christosmedia93 if you have job tell me right now.

[@sanitalama7424]

@EREN KARAKASLI 🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣👍

[@t0xicfairy556]

we dont want you here

[@user-nv5ig5jy6v]

Far too many taken over the whole of cyprus

[@raymondjblaze7761]

Very sad! Europe why are you doing this to yourself?

[@SerbianSuprem]

Greece and Cyprus is not Europe.🇬🇷🇨🇾

[@shahsawar6930]

Can i get pink card easily there

[@e.arslan8722]

Southern Cyprus is a small area and that much refugees wooh! why did they take them? i hope it is not like that in northern cprus

[@dszxnavtiisx6384]

There is only one Cyprus no one recognize the occupied part of Cyprus only Turkey

[@idkmyname7211]

Sadly, Cyprus (South) is the only developed country in the area apart from Israel, which no one wants to immigrate there for obvious reasons

[@ermioniburgess8720]

They come to the South because consider Europe.But they come through and there is no war there they got more oportunities as is much larger Coutntry.Very sad story .Is only God's kingdom would solve all mankind's proplem.Soon would be here.

[@nicolashadjinicolaou6921]

@@ermioniburgess8720 giati den pais ESI poji na Tous evris nmz en Kali idea

[@vasekskyline6]

PZDC

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Cyprus is a misogynist sh*t-hole. Boycott rape-island

[@thetravellers6043]

No one from India haha...🤣🤣🤣 Half of migrant are Indian....

[@cyservic]

doesent matter we love Indians ;)

[@helsvaning8327]

hey im an indian Im kind of planning to invest and live(max 10 months) in Cyprus. Is Cyprus a welcoming country for investors from india...?

[@spartan9540]

Hels Vaning Cyprus is welcome to all good immigrants my friend

[@helsvaning8327]

@@spartan9540 Thank you friend

[@helsvaning8327]

@@spartan9540 Are you a Cypriot?

[@marinostheodorou8279]

Go home

[@user-sm2wu3vq5x]

I make videos of my experience in Cyprus. I am asylum seeker. It is very difficult to survive here. All the system is built so that people who come here would stay quit or leave as soon as possible. But sometimes behaviour of cypriots and their attitude gets really unbearable. And there is no chance to discipline them. We should come together and do something to be treated well and feel good

[@unl0ck328]

Go back to your own fucking country

[@KTF.4.EVER1961]

You are fleeing your country of origin I am figuring because you don't like your own countries policies, treatment, can't get a job there etc. Why don't you fight for your own country. Make it a liveable place for all the ppl? Instead you seek "asylum" in a country that is doing very well and expect them to give you the same rights and freedoms that they EARNED by fighting to keep their countr, being born and raised... This may come as a surprise to you but you are owned nothing just because you were born. How many ppl are still in your country FIGHTING FOR IT?

[@chriscosta9248]

My friend I am sorry to hear that life is hard in Cyprus right now for you. I would like to inform you that Cyprus just got out of a bad financial crisis which left a lot of locals in a bad shape. It is hard for a lot of Cypriots to find a job right now but I think the situation is improving. I would like to give you a few tips on how to find a job but it would be irrelevant since the most important think immigrants should do when they go to a new country is learn the language. I will guarantee you that if you learn Greek, not only you'll be able to find a job but you will also see the behavior of most Cypriots towards you change. I am not saying this is easy or even fair but if you actually want to make Cyprus your home this much effort is necessary. If you are just passing by Cyprus hopping to move to another European country then just find the necessary procedures.

[@nYxkYx]

Oh please! You come to their country and expect handouts while the rest of the Cypriots toil their hands to the bone to make ends meet!

[@onoskelvin2272]

@@chriscosta9248 Chris i always admire ur sense of humor towards humanity despite d race and colors, I must say u might travel to many other countries which makes u a non racist unlike so many Cypriot who have never passed through Larnaca or paphos airport to another country to see how people live together in love and harmony despite their race and colours.... Chris God bless you and lift you for not seeing other races as plague....bravo

[@artosoranasokan8767]

Fact # 1: Cyprus is not and has never been a Greek island. Cyprus was occupied by many ancient empires and peoples ranging from the Hittites to the Venetians. In Hellenic times, the Greeks established trading colonies on the island, but according to British historian George C. Hill, in his authoritative book The History of Cyprus, “Cyprus was never an integral part of Hellenic Greece”( vol. IV; pp. 488-9). In more recent history, Cyprus was a territory of the Ottoman Empire from 1571 to 1878. After being ruled by the Ottoman Turks for more than 300 years, the island was ceded to a short-lived British rule. In 1960, the Republic of Cyprus was established as a partnership state between the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots. Accordingly, both parties would rule the island conjointly; neither side would be able to impose its political will on the other. Fact # 2: There is no “Cyprus nation”; but rather, there are two distinct peoples that inhabit the island, the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots. The first Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, was first to admit this fact: “No Greek who knows me can ever believe that I would wish to work for the creation of a Cypriot national awareness. The agreements have created a state, but not a nation” (Archbishop Makarios, in a statement to the Cyprus Mail of March 28, 1963). Fact # 3: There are no majorities and minorities in Cyprus, but two peoples of equal political and legal status. The relationship between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots has never been one of “majority and minority”. The U.N. secretary general’s statement of September 12, 2000, among other documents, supports the principle of political equality of the two parties. It refers to a “comprehensive settlement enshrining a new partnership” and stresses that each of the two parties “represents its side and no-one else”. That the Annan Plan was put to separate simultaneous referenda on April 24, 2004 confirmed the fact that there exist two equal sides or peoples on the island, neither of which represents the other. Fact # 4: The Cyprus problem did not emerge in 1974, but in 1963 when an armed onslaught was launched against the Turkish Cypriots in order to annex the island to Greece. The arrival to the island of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964 alone confutes the claim that the problem began in 1974. On June 13, 1965, Lieutenant General George Karayannis, mainland Greek army officer in command of the “Cyprus army” at the time, told the Athens daily Ethnikos Kiryx: “In August 1960… President Makarios decided to proceed with … organizing the Greek Cypriots for battle.” “When the Turkish Cypriots objected to the amendment of the constitution, Makarios put his plan into effect and the Greek Cypriot attack began in December 1963” (Karayannis, Ethnikps Kiryx, June 15, 1965). The UNFICYP arrived to the island to quell the violence unleashed by the Greek Cypriot side and to provide a buffer between the two communities. Fact # 5: Turkey did not “invade” nor is she “occupying” Cyprus. The Turkish intervention of July 20, 1974 did not come about as an “invasion” but in response to a coup organized by the Greek junta on July 15, 1974. It came in the wake of 11 years of bloodshed and agitation perpetrated by the Greek Cypriots with the aim of annexing the island to Greece (ie Enosis). Nikos Sampson openly said: “Had Turkey not intervened I would not only have proclaimed Enosis, I would have annihilated the Turks in Cyprus.” (Eleftherotipia, February 26, 1981). The Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe concluded that “Turkey exercised its right of intervention in accordance with the article IV of the Guarantee Treaty of 1960” (Resolution No. 573, 29 July 1974). To portray the Turkish intervention as an “invasion” and “occupation” as is common these days constitutes a grave injustice and distortion of the facts. Fact # 6: The Greek Cypriot side is not the victim, but the perpetrator of the 40-50 year old Cyprus conflict. This has been confirmed by international media reports of the time: “In Cyprus terror continues. Right now we are witnessing the exodus of Turks from villages. Thousands of people are abandoning their homes, lands, herds: Greek terrorism is relentless…” (Il Giorno, January 14, 1964, report by Giorgio Bocco). “Greek Cypriot fanatics appear bent on a policy of genocide…” (The Washington Post, February 17, 1964). And here is an example from the U.N. Secretary-General’s reports: “The economic restrictions being imposed against the Turkish Cypriot community, which in some instances has been so severe as to amount to veritable siege, indicate that the government of Cyprus seeks to force a potential solution by economic pressure.” (Report of the U.N. Secretary General s/5950 of September 10, 1964). The real victims of this conflict continue to be the Turkish Cypriots. Fact # 7: The Turkish Cypriot side is not the intransigent party blocking the solution of the Cyprus question. Negotiations for a solution have been carried out under the good offices mission of the U.N. Secretary-General since 1968. The Turkish Cypriot side continues to participate in these negotiations in a constructive manner. The aim has always been to establish a new partnership state between the two sides on the basis of well-established U.N. parameters which emerged over the course of long years of negotiations - principles such as the political equality of the two sides, bi-zonality and bi-communality. After numerous failed attempts to resolve the problem, a unique opportunity to break the stalemate emerged with the UN brokered Annan Plan. The Turkish Cypriot people approved the Plan by 65 percent despite the great sacrifices it entailed for them. The Greek Cypriot side, however, rejected the Plan by 76 percent. This rejection, once again made clear that neither the Greek Cypriot peoples nor their leaders were ready to share power with the Turkish Cypriots on the basis of equality. In view of their affirmative vote, the international community made numerous pledges to lift the restrictions on the social, economic and political development of the Turkish Cypriot people. However, seven years have passed since the historic referenda of April 2004 and Turkish Cypriots continue to be kept in isolation due to Greek Cypriot obstructionism and the lack of political will on the part of the international community. The unilateral membership of the Greek Cypriot side into the E.U. without first reaching a settlement has made the Greek Cypriot leadership even more intransigent vis-à-vis the settlement of the Cyprus problem. Since its accession to the E.U., the Greek Cypriot side has been exploiting its membership in order to block every measure aimed at easing the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. It appears that the goal of the Greek Cypriot leadership is to postpone a settlement in Cyprus with the hope that the passage of time may do away with the established U.N. parameters and consequently the fundamental and legitimate rights of the Turkish Cypriot people.

[@pits.893]

Oh my god... You are an idiot... This is s video about refugees in Cyprus 🤦

[@artosoranasokan8767]

@@pits.893 i put this so they can see what the Greeks are Like

[@angieplayz6394]

@@artosoranasokan8767 are your even Greek?

[@LinaMelita]

@@artosoranasokan8767 if you don't like the Greeks you can go to Turkey or to Africa . Nobody forced you to stay to Cyprus. And btw before 1571 the island was Greek and they can proove it many things, firts of all the Greek Christian Churches and many other things with the Greek Language !

[@emrenindunyas8217]

Well said, but the obtuse and racist Greek Cypriots will never understand this.

[@Nasil-Yapmali]

my kurds relatives live in north part almost 3o years.they are makin goat cheese.and when i speak about them about cyruss they all say we are happy.