Marinos Papadopoulos
Rescued Syrian refugees disembark in Cyprus after refusing to budge for hours
LIMASSOL - Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner in the Mediterranean disembarked in Cyprus on Friday, after hours of refusing to budge and demanding to go to Italy.
A total of 345 migrants, mainly women and children, had been plucked from a boat in trouble off the coast of Cyprus on Thursday by the cruise ship.