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Cyprus has reached its capacity, a government spokesman said in Nicosia on Tuesday, following a meeting of the National Security Council on migration. The spokesman was speaking after a series of arrivals of migrants by boat over recent days. “Given the speed of the arrivals, we have reached the limit,” he said. A total of 476 migrants travelling on 10 boats have reached the eastern Mediterranean island since Sunday after rescue by the Cypriot coastguard, the Cyprus Times has reported. Most of the migrants are Syrians who reached Cyprus from Lebanon. Cyprus is the closest EU country to Lebanon…

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