North arrests would-be asylum seeker mother of six

A 33-year-old Syrian mother of six was arrested in the north in the early hours of Tuesday morning, it emerged on Wednesday, after attempting to travel to the Republic of Cyprus to claim asylum.

The woman turned herself in to northern Nicosia’s police headquarters just after midnight on Tuesday, accompanied by her six children, who are aged between seven and 14 years old.

She appeared in court on Wednesday, where police officer Serif Karabardak explained the sequence of events.