Cypriot MEPs vote five-to-one to create common EU list of safe countries to return migrants

Five of Cyprus’ six members of the European parliament on Wednesday night voted to approve a motion empowering the parliament to enter negotiations with the European Council for the creation of a common European Union list of safe countries of origin to which asylum seekers can be returned .

Should the motion become EU policy, countries such as Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Kosovo, India, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as EU