COI-Cyprus - Provision of social support services to asylum seekers

The action is being implemented within the framework of the Programming Period 2009 and is a renewal of the action implemented under the Programming Period 2008. In particular, the Action includes the provision of social support services at individual and group level, so that asylum seekers can support themselves socially during their stay in Cyprus as well as during the process of examining their request, as well as to be informed of the rights the law provides them. As part of the action the Country of Origin Information System used internally by the Asylum Service, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Cyprus has been designed and implemented, which is a country specific component of the European Country of Origin Information System (ECOI).