00:01As Europe makes it harder for migrants to enter its territory, some asylum seekers have found shelter at an upgraded
00:09reception camp near Nicosia, Cyprus.
00:14Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but only the South enjoys the full benefits of membership.
00:23One of those in the camp is Cameroonian Mba Damaris Menema, who fled her country after her family learned that
00:31she is gay.
00:33I came through a student visa to the north side Cyprus, then someone helped me to cross towards the bush
00:42road like the desert.
00:43Then after that I took a car and I was left somewhere in South Cyprus, like a car before the
00:50bus station.
00:51Then from there I took a taxi to the camp.
00:55Menema hopes another EU country may take up her asylum case because she has been told Cyprus may not.
01:03She is among 343 migrants currently residing at the center, including 72 unaccompanied minors.
01:14They did not tell me any decision yet, but they assured me that I should note that it is not
01:21obligated that it's Cyprus which is going to handle my case,
01:25but maybe other European Union countries, any of them can take up my case.
01:32Most migrants arrived from Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Cameroon, Congo, Syria and Burundi, according to center officials.
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