Under the title: “The workers are returning back”, Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper (02.08.12) reports that the decrease in wages, the cost of living going up and the fact that life in the occupied area of Cyprus has become very difficult, led many workers who went to occupied Cyprus to find a job, to return back to Turkey.

The paper writes that this is very notable in Inonu Square which is in the area inside occupied Lefkosia walls where some time ago tens of workers gathered waiting for job, and now only 5-6 six persons are waiting there. In addition, the paper writes that the owners of hostels that the workers used to rent, face difficulties due to the fact that the workers are leaving and 3-4 of the hostels have now closed down.

The paper further writes that the number of workers from Turkey, who according to some sources was 70 thousand (and according to some other sources was 30 thousand), starting from June this year has reduced drastically and around 47 thousand have returned to their home countries. In just one company 24 workers, together with their families returned to Turkey, writes the paper and adds that the origin countries of the workers are Turkey, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.