After a suspected Iranian-made drone struck RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in March, emergency inspections found about 200 of the island’s 2,500 registered civil shelters were unusable. Inspectors discovered blocked parking garages, basement spaces used for storage, shelters filled with waste, and some locations listed on the SafeCY app that could not be located.
Specialised teams, including civil engineers from the Interior Ministry and staff from various agencies, were mobilised to accelerate checks. Intensive checks began on March 1, followed by instructions to clean the shelters two days later.
