Cyprus Issues - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

hostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous entities, the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot community (north Cyprus); the 1,000-strong UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has served in Cyprus since 1964 and maintains the buffer zone between north and south; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the EU still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north; Turkey protests Cypriot Government creating hydrocarbon blocks and maritime boundary with Lebanon in March 2007

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 14,326 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)

IDPs: 242,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2021)

stateless persons: 66 (mid-year 2021)

note: 46,379 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-October 2022)

Illicit drugs

vulnerable to money laundering from illegal drugs

 

NOTE: The information regarding Cyprus on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cyprus 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cyprus 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.