Another 13 irregular migrants – including four children – arrived early on Tuesday by speedboat at coastal Paphos District’s Ayios Georgios, Peyia area.
They had sailed from the port in Attalia, coast guard officers told Philenews.
The Five men , four women and four children – all Syrians – will be all sent to the island’s first reception centre in Pournara after initial procedural steps are completed.
Cyprus is expanding capacity to host refugees as it braces itself for a new influx of people fleeing deepening conflict in the Middle East, authorities said on Monday.
The number of asylum seekers arriving from the Middle East have been rising in recent years but a summer lull was disrupted in early October, after the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas has threatened spill over in the region.
