Stranded migrants in Cyprus find new hope in Pope Francis

Two Cameroonians who have been camped in the buffer zone between north and south Cyprus for six months are eagerly waiting a papal visit to the country, in which 50 migrants will be selected for resettlement in Italy

Grace Enjei, 24, right, and Daniel Ejuba, 20, migrants from Cameroon, sit in a blue tent behind the House of Cooperation located inside a United Nations-controlled buffer zone cutting across Nicosia, the capital of ethnically divided Cyprus on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. The Cameroonian asylum seekers crossed from the island's breakaway Turkish Cypriot north about six months ago and got stuck in the buffer zone amid a Cypriot government crackdown on migrants crossing the porous buffer zone. (AP Photo / Petros Karadjias)
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Joshua Longmore
Dec 02, 2021
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