Welcome to the ‘HELP’ website run by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR created this website for refugees and asylum-seekers in Cyprus.
On this website you will be able to find information about:
- General information about living in Cyprus
- How you can apply for asylum in Cyprus
- Your rights and duties as an asylum-seeker in Cyprus
- Your rights and duties as a refugee in Cyprus including access to education and healthcare
- Where you can seek help, and information about services available through NGOs and other organisations
- Support programmes to help you integrate into your new community
- Procedures for persons arriving from Ukraine
- How you can apply for family reunification and the procedure for reunification with a close family member in another European country
- The procedure for transferring to another European country
- UNHCR’s role and work in Cyprus
- Here you can also download and print our leaflet with general information for refugees and asylum-seekers in Cyprus in English.
- For Syrians: to support informed decision making about continued stay in host countries or return to Syria, UNHCR has created Syria is Home, where you can find information, in Arabic and English, on legal steps, documents, housing, healthcare, and education.
This website is continually updated.