Cyprus

A stakeholder submission to the 2024 UPR reported that when a child is born in Cyprus to a Cypriot and a non-Cypriot who entered or remained in Cyprus irregularly, the child does not acquire nationality unless the Ministerial Council orders otherwise. This discriminatory condition has usually been applied in cases of mixed marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish settlers (or other non-Cypriots). Increasingly this condition has been applied to children of Cypriots of Greek ethnic origin, who have children with non-Cypriots who entered or remained irregularly in the country. In 2024, the cases that required approval were on hold with extremely few exceptions.