The Cypriot coastguard and fishing boats have rescued more than 270 migrants travelling to the east coast of the island in five overcrowded boats, the highest number rescued in months, according to a report in the Cyprus Times on Monday. Authorities in Cyprus are now on alert, the report said. Since the beginning of the year 2,675 migrants have arrived in Cyprus – an average of 30 per day – according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Not all migrants cross the sea. Some travel through the Turkish-occupied north of the island across the green buffer zone to the south…