Cyprus president vows “more humane” migrant camp conditions

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says his government will work to make conditions at an overcrowded migrant camp “more humane” following criticism that living arrangements for more than 350 unaccompanied minors there are inadequate. President Nicos Anastasiades spoke Monday after a brief visit to the Pournara camp on the outskirts of Nicosia, the capital. He said any “deficiencies” at the camp will be “dealt with accordingly.” Last week the children’s rights commissioner called conditions at the camp “miserable,” including poor food and a lack of sanitation facilities. Anastasiades said difficulties are to be expected when nearly 5% of the ethnically split island nation’s population are asylum-seekers.