Cyprus internment camps
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How to send mail, money, and visit Cyprus internment camps
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Gallery
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Photo by Boris Carmi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Boris Carmi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Boris Carmi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Boris Carmi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Boris Carmi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Background
The Cyprus internment camps were camps maintained in Cyprus by the British government for the internment of Jews who had immigrated or attempted to immigrate to Mandatory Palestine in violation of British policy. There were a total of 12 camps, which operated from August 1946 to January 1949, and in total held 53,510 Jews. Britain informed the UN that it would no longer administer the Mandate for Palestine on February 14, 1947. This prompted the UN General Assembly to recommend partition of Palestine into independent Jewish and Arab states on November 29. Some 28,000 Jews were still interned in the camps when the Mandate was dissolved, partition was enacted, and the independent State of Israel was established at midnight local time on May 14, 1948.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1946
Closed 1949
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1946
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
The European Court of Human Rights has issued multiple judgments concerning Cyprus and Turkey. In Guezelyurtlu and Others v. Cyprus and Turkey (Grand Chamber, 2019), the Court found a violation of Article 2 (right to life, procedural aspect) by Turkey. In Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia (2010), the Court found violations of Articles 2, 4, and 5 by Cyprus.
Documented human-rights cases
- CASE OF GÃZELYURTLU AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS AND TURKEY2019-01-29 · Article 2 ECHR, Article 35 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR · no violation
Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect) (Cyprus);Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effe
- CASE OF RANTSEV v. CYPRUS AND RUSSIA2010-01-07 · Article 1 ECHR, Article 2 ECHR, Article 4 ECHR, Article 5 ECHR, Article 37 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR, Article 35 ECHR · no violation
tion dismissed (ratione materiae);No violation of Art. 2 by Cyprus (substantive aspect);Violation of Art. 2 by Cyprus (procedu
- CASE OF GÃZELYURTLU AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS AND TURKEY2017-04-04 · Article 2 ECHR, Article 35 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR · violation
Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect) (Cyprus);Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positi
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
10%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5200532)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Cyprus internment camps. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cyprus-internment-camps
"Cyprus internment camps." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cyprus-internment-camps.
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