Fifty-two irregular migrants were on Thursday brought to the Pournara reception centre after being earlier picked up by police off the coast of Larnaca.
The passengers comprised 28 men, 8 women and 16 children from Syria and Lebanon.
The boat they were on was first spotted by radar around 6am. Police sent a vessel to rendezvous with them.
The passengers told police they had each paid around $1000 to buy their boat and a GPS, and that they planned to come to Cyprus.
The migrants disembarked first at Larnaca harbour for initial processing, and were tested for coronavirus. Later in the day they were escorted to the Pournara camp in Kokkinotrimithia.
