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Cyprus police pick up 21 migrants who crossed dividing line

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, June 19, 2019, migrants and refugees wait in line to receive supplies from the Red Cross at the Vucijak refugee camp outside Bihac, western Bosnia. Video has come to light Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019, showing many thousands of migrants being escorted by police towards migrant camps in western Bosnia. With extra police deployed to collect groups of migrants, local officials have said they can’t cope with the numbers, and have demanded help from state authorities and EU. (AP Photo/Almir Alic, FILE)

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus police say they have rounded up 21 people believed to be migrants who crossed over from the breakaway north of the ethnically divided island nation.

Police said the migrants hail from countries including Congo, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. They include at least one pregnant woman and seven youths.

They were spotted early Thursday in a suburb of the country’s divided capital after walking across a U.N. buffer zone separating the north from the internationally recognized south.

All 21 were taken to a migrants’ reception centre on Nicosia’s outskirts.

Cyprus officials say most migrant arrivals to Cyprus come through the country’s northern part where Turkish Cypriots have declared independence that’s recognized only by Turkey.

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This story has been corrected to show that the migrants were spotted Thursday, not Wednesday.

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