Police on alert ahead of Elam anti-migration march in Larnaca

Elam is marching at 7pm in Larnaca to demand an austere migration policy and a crackdown on crime, an event that has the police on alert.

Police will be monitoring the march with drones and CCTV systems, while 125 police officers will be in the area, guarding the route from the Finikoudes promenade, through the commercial town and back to Finikoudes.

Many roads around the route will be closed to traffic.

Elam said the march was a protest against criminal actions by illegal immigrants.