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Asylum seekers stuck in limbo as Cyprus rebuffs calls to act

Asylum seekers stuck in limbo as Cyprus rebuffs calls to act

Fifty-three asylum seekers ‘pushed back’ into UN-patrolled buffer zone that bisects the southern European country

Almost two months to the day after she became stranded in no man’s land in Nicosia, Mimi wants to go home. In her case, home means Cameroon, not the Republic of Cyprus, which lies meters away, or any other place in Europe.

“I’ve seen everything here, snakes, rats, you name it and now I just want to go back to my country, back to Cameroon,” says the 29-year-old.

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