Interactive Migratory Map

Where do people moving to Cyprus come from, and how has that changed since 2008? Explore residence permits, asylum applications and the 2021 census by country of origin — every line links to its own source.

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Understanding the Legal Basis:Different origin streams correspond to distinct legal frameworks: EU free movement (Yellow Slip), third-country corporate/investment regimes (BFU, Digital Nomad, Category 6.2), and international protection.
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Four different things are shown here, and they are never added together: residence permits held by non-EU nationals, asylum applications lodged, and two questions from the 2021 census — people by citizenship and people by country of birth. Lines on the map point at each country’s location, not at a travel route.

Where these numbers come from →

← Back to Immigration in CyprusData verified against Eurostat and CYSTAT official releases