More arrests as racism-fuelled violence spreads in Cyprus ...Middle East

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NICOSIA: Police in Cyprus have made 20 arrests after a spate of racism-fuelled violence against migrants which erupted in the west of the island last week and spread to its southern city of Limassol in a weekend rampage.Storefronts belonging to migrants in the island’s second city were smashed and Asian delivery drivers assaulted in a string of violent incidents that started on Friday night and continued until the early hours of yesterday.Cyprus has seen an upsurge in anti-migrant sentiment in recent years, as well as a spike in antisocial behaviour which was formerly restricted to football hooliganism and drunken tourists.Last week Syrians living in Chlorakas, a village in western Cyprus, w

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