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Complaint filed about possible student visa abuse in north

The Cypriot government on Monday 17 June raised the alarm over apparent links between universities in the north and people smuggling, writes Tom Cleaver for the Cyprus Mail.

The interior and education ministries filed a joint complaint to the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) citing 188 cases of third country nationals who had arrived in the north on student visas issued by the Turkish Cypriot authorities before crossing to the Republic and subsequently claiming asylum.

They said many of the people had enrolled in the north as “virtual students”, and that they had followed “guidance”, which the government believes may be an indication of people smuggling.
Full report on the Cyprus Mail site