Other islands accepting large amounts of migrants include Chios, with 15,200, Kos (12,700) and Samos (6,300).
Even now a few are ready to risk their lives one man was forcibly removed from his home three times last week but few they are.Other islands have accepted refugees, and at a Caribbean summit this week promised aid.
The island accepted inmates, quarantined smallpox patients and even lent its earth to support the Queensboro Bridge.
The National Environment Agency, which maintains the site, predicts that with both sides of the island accepting trash, the landfill will stay open at least until 2045.
Nearly a year after it suffered devastating losses to a banking system heavily exposed to Greece, Brussels has read the riot act to Cyprus: either the island accepts draconian rescue terms that include killing off its reputation as an offshore tax haven – the engine of its economy, along with tourism – or it goes under.
Six inhabitants of the island accepted the position: a Christian, a pagan, and four Muslims.
It would suggest Britons were too individualistic, too busy with day-to-day living on a crowded island, to accept jarring changes for the common good.
But if it is to take place, China has to show more willingness to talk to Taiwan on terms that the island can accept, which means moderating its stance on "one China".
In his autobiography, published in 1995, Mandela tried to explain his decision to defy his ANC comrades who were with him on Robben Island, and accept the upgrade to solitary house arrest where he was to be visited by National party government representatives.
For its part, Japan has refused to reverse its "nationalisation" of the islands, but accepted that China has started to visit them more frequently.
