Interior minister says island’s facilities at breaking point and calls for aid to Lebanon similar to recent Egypt pact

The EU must help Cyprus deal with record numbers of Syrian migrants from Lebanon, the island’s government says.

Before a visit to Beirut to discuss the emergency on Monday, Cyprus’s interior minister appealed for support from Brussels, saying the country’s reception facilities were at breaking point.

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