Cyprus overwhelmed as number of refugee arrivals surges

Women from Syria in a refugee camp, outside of the capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. ©Petros Karadjias/Copyright 2017 The AP. All rights reserved.

Refugee reception and accomodation centres in Cyprus are full, with around 25,000 asylum seekers hoping they will be granted international protection.

But the influx is having significant - and wide reaching - effects on the Mediterranean island.

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