One in four Cyprus residents are foreign nationals

Foreign nationals made up 24.8 per cent of Cyprus’ population, placing the island among the EU countries with the highest shares of foreigners, data released on Monday by Eurostat shows.

As of last January, Cyprus ranked third in the EU, behind Luxembourg and Malta, reflecting the scale of inward migration relative to its population size.

Across the EU, around 46.7 million people living within the bloc were born outside it, accounting for 10.4 per cent of the total population...