Migration reforms and monitoring mechanism announced

The creation of an independent national monitoring mechanism for fundamental rights, along with further reforms in asylum, refugee matters and migration policy, was announced by the deputy migration ministry on Friday.

Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides, speaking at a bar association conference on migration on Thursday, said the new regulations were being implemented in the context of the European Pact on Asylum and Migration, which is set to enter into force in June, as well...