Bari (Apulia): After a four-hour chase a boat with 151 Egyptians is intercepted off Molfetta; 13 traffickers arrested. 70 grown-ups repatriated by air; minors kept in Italian camp

(ANSA 24.10., ANSAmed 25.10.,

 ToM 19.11.)

Otranto (Apulia): Arrival of 59 Afghans & Kurds aboard a boat from Turkey (ANSA 20.10.)

On her way to Libya Hillary Clinton visits Malta and "recognizes" the island's  efforts to stop human trafficking across the Mediterranean

(ToM/TP 18.10.)

October 23: Constitutional Assembly elections in Tunisia

October 20: Sirte liberated and Gaddafi assassinated (BBC 20.10.)

Seminara (Calabria): Rescue of 41 migrants whose boat hit a rock (FE/ANSA 18.10.)

[Seminara landing: FE reports 20 drowned]

6 month temporary residency permits issued in April by Italy to 11'800 Tunisian migrants is extended for another 6 months together with prolongation of  "state of emergency" relating to North African migrant influx

(Rep 10.10., MaS 10./11.10.)

Taormina Forum discusses creation of a "European Immigration Agency"

(ANSAmed 8.10.)

Italian Interior Minister Maroni reports that the last 50 Tunisians from Lampedusa have been repatriated; 1'490 Tunisians flown back since mid-September (ANSA 7.10.)

Lampedusa still an

"unsafe" port

Linosa: Arrival of 29 Tunisians

(ANSA 6.10.)

Otranto (Apulia): Arrival of 80 "Asians" from Afghanistan, Bangladesh & Pakistan

(ANSA 2.10.)

Gallipoli (Apulia): GC intercepts 10 Afghan migrants 35 miles off Capo di Leuca (ANSA 1.10.)

October 5: Italy-bound trafficking boat with 44 migrants aboard stopped by Greek authorities; four arrests

(ANSAmed 12.10.)

Tunisian mother searches in Italy for 500 migrants who disappeared after March 14/15 Lampedusa landing

(Rep 5.10.)

Two-day EU-Tunisian talks about mobility, migration and security (TAP 6.10.)

Release of FRONTEX Quarterly Report  (Q2) covering April-June period

FRONTEX 4.10 (MaS 5.10.)

October 3: Release by PACE of its Lampedusa Report concluding that the center, as built and managed, is unsuitable for processing (or holding) large numbers of migrants (CoE/ANSA 3.10., MaS 5.10.)

At a two-day Tunisian symposium NGOs plead for "Free Movement in the Mediterranean Area" (TAP 2.10.)

At Geneva UNHCR meeting Tunisian Caretaker President Mebazaa demands that illegal migrants be repatriated "with dignity"

(TAP 3.10.)

Tunisian Caretaker PM Essebsi meets mothers of illegal migration victims (TAP 1.10.)