{"id":23121,"date":"2019-04-01T09:24:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-tourism.com\/Ar\/2019\/04\/01\/racism-bureaucracy-uncertainty-refugee-crisis-brews-in-cyprus\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T09:24:45","slug":"racism-bureaucracy-uncertainty-refugee-crisis-brews-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-tourism.com\/Ar\/2019\/04\/01\/racism-bureaucracy-uncertainty-refugee-crisis-brews-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism, bureaucracy, uncertainty: Refugee crisis brews in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-140415133408172\" readability=\"311.355371901\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong><em>Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect interviewees&#8217; identities.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Nicosia, Cyprus &#8211;<\/strong> Zainab* was the only person from the group of migrants on board the ship that was dumped on a rocky, foreign beach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It was a hot day in August 2016, and the then-17-year-old&#8217;s only possessions were the worn clothes on her back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For three days, she slept on the beach, unaware she had arrived in Cyprus, far from the West African country she had fled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Eventually, strangers took her to a youth shelter in Larnaca, where she met a group of Somali girls who told her where she was.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I never imagined that a country called Cyprus existed,&#8221; she said, sitting in a cafe in downtown Nicosia two and a half years later. &#8220;Whenever I think back to where I was in 2016 I am grateful for what I have today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Zainab had fled her country, which Al Jazeera will not name in order to protect her identity, where she feared persecution. She crossed into Senegal on foot, searching for a better life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Alone, lost and afraid, she wandered for days before a driver who almost hit her with his car decided to help her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I told him my story and he said he wanted me to be safe,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He took care of my expenses and dropped me off where the ship was.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"article-quotebox\" readability=\"31\"><p>When politicians think they can occasionally use racism to gain votes in parliament, it is very difficult to reverse the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blockquote-writer\"><span>Doros Polykarpou, head of anti-racism NGO KISA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Life on board the smugglers&#8217; ship was tough. Zainab was the only girl there, and the ship&#8217;s crew did not specify the destination they were heading to, only to &#8220;Europe&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;There were many people on the ship, I can&#8217;t say how much or from where exactly,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It was not easy because the crew bullied and insulted us on a daily basis. My mind was also preoccupied with how my future would look like.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It was at Larnaca&#8217;s youth shelter where she met John*, now a close friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">They are the same age and fled from the same country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I left because of political reasons,&#8221; John said. &#8220;I was scared for my life. I had no choice but to leave in order to survive, which I believe is the case for all asylum seekers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The two friends have applied for asylum but their case is still pending, almost three years on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/cyprus.html\">Cyprus<\/a>, due to its geographical location, is one of the most accessible points of entry for migrants trying to make it to Europe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">With almost 6,000 applications for a population around one million, the island in 2018 had more claims for asylum per capita than any other EU member state, according to government data.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"imagecontainer item\" data-image-url=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/Images\/2018\/6\/28\/785e2450bf344cb58ddec239019de652_18.jpg\">\n<table class=\"image\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody readability=\"4.5\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/Images\/2018\/6\/28\/785e2450bf344cb58ddec239019de652_18.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"9\">\n<td class=\"caption\">A migrant child is helped off the MV Lifeline, a vessel for the German charity Mission Lifeline, as it arrives in the harbour of Valletta, Malta, on June 27, 2018. Lifeline had been waiting to be allocated a port for six days after rescuing 234 migrants off the coast of Libya last June 21 [AFP]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;According to European law, if you are a minor you get accepted [as a permanent resident] and [are] not subjected to the asylum-seeking process,&#8221; Zainab said. &#8220;But Cyprus is not following that law.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">There is no system to process asylum seekers, she continued. &#8220;Some get recognition in three months, but others have been waiting for three years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Doros Polykarpou, head of anti-racism NGO KISA, told Al Jazeera that discrimination is at play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;[Asylum seekers that don&#8217;t] belong to ethnic groups considered by Cypriot society as genuine refugees &#8211; such as Syrians or Palestinians&#8221; often face difficulty in getting applications processed, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Historically, we had good relations with Syria and Palestine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The people have similar features to the Cypriots. They have very good skills that are needed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The government, he continued, sent a message to the public that these groups, especially Syrians, need to be looked after, but did not include African or Asian asylum-seekers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The rhetoric towards migrants and asylum-seekers, spurred by officials, has been marred with hostility and mistrust.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The interior minister has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyprus-mail.com\/2018\/09\/01\/migrants-found-in-akamas-fifth-group-in-three-days\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s2\">said<\/span><\/a> that refugees pose as a security threat to Cypriots while, in his Christmas message, the archbishop <a href=\"https:\/\/cyprus-mail.com\/2017\/12\/27\/critic-tells-archbishop-tone-comments-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s2\">preached<\/span><\/a> that the refugees will side with Turkey against Greek Cypriots in an inevitable war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Polykarpou blames the media and politicians for this attitude, which gained momentum in the wake of the 2007 economic crisis, as it was easier to blame refugees for the country&#8217;s dire economic situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;When politicians think they can occasionally use racism to gain votes in parliament, it is very difficult to reverse the situation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The moment you manage to put certain messages in people&#8217;s minds, you need years of work to backtrack on this.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Zainab says that ordinary Cypriots treat her better than officials and bureaucrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;For me, I can say that Cyprus is a home,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It is the place where I have been nurtured from being unaccompanied to an adult. Also, I am back in school, which would have been impossible in my own country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Yet Zainab and John, like other refugees, often feel pushed close to a breaking point by their pending legal status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;You think about your future every day,&#8221; Zainab said. &#8220;These thoughts kill you slowly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Some refugees are not aware of their rights, such as receiving legal aid for the asylum application process.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The entire system is set up to not to have a job, not to have a house, to face daily rejection from society,&#8221; says Polykarpou, &#8220;and not to have a chance to become a refugee unless you belong to the ethnic groups the government decided to give protection to.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Al Jazeera contacted Cyprus&#8217; Asylum Service several times for comment but did not receive a response.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"article-quotebox\" readability=\"31\"><p>You face a lot of frustration and they treat you in a humiliating way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blockquote-writer\">Zainab, West African refugee in Cyprus<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to Cypriot law, refugees are expected to look for work and\/or register with the labour office one month after they submit their asylum application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Available jobs such as working in agriculture or waste management are low-paid and, in a Catch-22 situation, asylum seekers can only register with the government if they have a fixed address and a rental contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When they turned 18, Zainab and John had to leave the migrant youth shelter and find alternative accommodation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The shelter says they will help you with that but I didn&#8217;t receive that help,&#8221; John said. &#8220;You have to do your research and contact people who left the shelter before you to see if they know of a spare room available.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The average rent in Nicosia for a two-bedroom home is 700 euros ($786).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The government&#8217;s Social Welfare office gives subsidies of 100 euros a month for individual accommodation and 230 euros for a family, irrespective of its size. However, refugees told Al Jazeera that their payments arrive late or are not made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The landlords don&#8217;t want to rent houses to asylum-seekers,&#8221; said John. &#8220;[It is one] of the biggest challenges we face because they know the government will not pay them on time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;You face a lot of frustration and they treat you in a humiliating way,&#8221; Zainab said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">She lives with three other young women.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I know some girls who up until now haven&#8217;t received rent for three months, and the only way they can survive is through prostitution.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">They both agree that the welfare office &#8220;is the worst.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;They will see you beg and cry and they don&#8217;t care,&#8221; John said. &#8220;One time I went to the office to collect the rent money but they told me it was not available. I could have lost my accommodation. How am I supposed to live or survive then?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The money was later paid out, after the UN&#8217;s refugee agency intervened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Sometimes, at the welfare office, they look at you up and down, the way you dress and tell you to change your hairstyle,&#8221; Zainab said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The worst thing I could ever wish upon someone is for them to be an asylum seeker, especially in Cyprus,&#8221; John said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But the two friends are determined to keep their heads up and are grateful for each other&#8217;s presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;When we are at school, we have each other&#8217;s backs,&#8221; Zainab said, referring to the high school scholarship they received at Casa College, in collaboration with UNHCR.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I want to study international relations to help refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants &#8211; the people that I have met here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;People should recognise that we are here not because we want to be here but because of circumstances. A lot of asylum-seekers would prefer to work rather than be dependent on welfare but the government see us as being here only to take.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Zainab and John hope to be recognised as asylum-seekers before the summer. They want to travel the world and are working on a play about seeking asylum to raise awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;We are dreamers,&#8221; John said. &#8220;Tomorrow will be a better day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect interviewees&#8217; identities. Nicosia, Cyprus &#8211; Zainab* was the only person from the group of migrants on board the ship that was dumped on a rocky, foreign beach. 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