FILE - Young migrants from Syria sit in a bus as they arrive at a refugees camp at Kokkinotrimithia outside of the capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides says on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
FILE - Migrants from Syria walk towards a refugee camp at Kokkinotrimithia, outside of the capital Nicosia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
FILE - Migrants carrying their suitcases, exit the Pournara migrant reception center, following fighting between rival groups inside the camp near the village of Kokkinotrimithia on the outskirts of the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
FILE - A migrant uses his mobile phone sitting in the Eleptherias square at the old city of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
FILE - Migrants, holding what appear to be like weapons, flee the camp near the village of Kokkinotrimithia on the outskirts of the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
FILE - Female migrants exit the Pournara migrant reception center following fighting between rival groups inside the camp near the village of Kokkinotrimithia, on the outskirts of the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides says on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, he has personally asked the head of the European Union's executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boat loads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)