Cyprus formally asks EU to share migration burden

Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides has made good on his promise to seek help in "practical ways" from his EU counterparts on the migration issue and redistribution of asylees.
According to Cyprus News Agency, Petrides sent a letter to the EU migration commissioner urging all member states to submit their pledges for relocating a total of 5,000 persons currently under protected status in the Republic of Cyprus.
The minister was following through on an earlier undertaking to ask European allies to "significantly alleviate the disproportionate pressures and severe challenges" faced by authorities in Cyprus in managing a "mass influx" of undocumented migrants and refugees who seek asylum in the Republic.
In his letter to Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, as well as his counterparts of the other EU member states,...