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Three migrant boats carrying 150 people escorted to Ayia Napa Marina

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Three migrant boats carrying approximately 150 people arrived in Cyprus on Monday afternoon.

The people are believed to have started their journey from Lebanon.

After their arrival, authorities escorted them to Ayia Napa Marina.

Famagusta Police were on the scene to count and register the migrants before transporting them to the Pournara Reception Centre in Kokkinotrimithia.

This is the second such incident in as many days.

On Sunday, five boats carrying 271 migrants arrived in Cyprus.

Four Syrian nationals were arrested on suspicion of being the boat pilots.

The National Security Council has convened an emergency meeting for tomorrow, to discuss the issue of migration.

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