European parliamentarians visiting the Lampedusa reception center demand its reopening

(CdS 26.11.)

Otranto (Apulia): A boat carrying 189 "Asians" hits rock while chased by GdF; dramatic rescue in stormy sea

(CdS/Rep/ANSA 29.11.)

Brindisi (Apulia): A sailing boat carrying 70 Pakistanis capsizes in stormy sea; difficult rescue by harbor authorities

(CdS 26./27.11., Rep 27.11.)

November 29: PACE Paris Hearing by Tineke Strik investigating the disappearance of 1971 boatpeople; focus on 61 casualties of 25 March accident involving a Canadian ship; NATO promises information

(MaS 16.11./1.12., PACE 16./24./30.11.)

[Otranto landing: FE reports 2 dead, 30 missing]

Kalamata (Greece): 92 sSAfricans en route from Egypt (Alexandria) to southern Italy rescued by Greek Coast Guard in rough sea

(BoE 26.11.)

Brindisi landing: 3 dead, 30 missing

(Rep/Cds/FE)

Agrigento: Italian authorities arrest 5 sSAfrican traffickers for casting throwing an unknown number of migrants overboard during early August crossing

(ANSA 30.11., BoE 1.12.)

Bari (Apulia): Arrival of 171 Egyptians and Somali migrants; 106 Egyptians repatriated

 (ANSA 19./20.11.,ToM 19.11.)

Cagliari (Sardinia): GC rescues 28 Algerians 65 miles off Carloforte Island (CdS 17.11.)

Vieste (Apulia): Arrival of 70 "Asian" migrants (ANSA 16.11.)

Bari (Apulia): 10 Egyptians receive 10 year sentence for 24 October trafficking (ANSA 18.11.)

Cagliari landing: one person dead

(CdS 17.11.)

Bari (Apulia): 42 Afghan migrants prevented from disembarking; sent back to Greece; Turk trafficker arrested (ANSA 15.11.)

November 18: Oxford University workshop on legal issues of "boat migration" (MaS 9.11.)

November 16: Mario Monti new Italian Prime Minister; Anna Maria Cancellieri replaces Roberto Maroni (Lega Nord) as Minister of the Interior; GiulioTerzi di Sant'Agata new Foreign Minister

Lampedusa still an

"unsafe" port

Brindisi (Apulia): 13 Afghan youths intercepted by GdF arriving from Patra in Greece

(ANSA 14.11.)

Cagliari (Sardinia): Arrival of 14 Tunisians at Cape Teulada

(ANSA 12.11.)

Otranto (Apulia): Interception of 37 "Asians" by GdF; 2 traffickers arrested

(Rep 11.11., ANSA 12.11.)

Syracuse/Augusta (Sicily): 43 exhausted Somalis rescued by Italian war ship; woman and newborn flown by helicopter to Agrigento hospital; complicated coordination by Maltese MRCC. First Libya arrivals since mid-August!

(MT 9.11., Rep 10.11.,

ToM/CdS/MT/CdS/Rep 11.11.)

Catania (Sicily): Immigrants block highway near Mineo camp to protest delays in the granting or residence permits

(ASNA 8.11.)

November 12: Catherine Ashton in Tripoli; EU ready to discuss re-activation of suspended migration programs

(MaS 13.11.)

Malta rejects UNHCR suggestion that it failed to carry out SAR obligations regarding 43 Somalis taken to Sicily

(MAS/MT/ToM 11.11., MAS 15.11.)

November 8: Djibouti Meeting attended by IOM, UNHCR and the ICRC to discussing problems of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in "distress at sea"

(MaS 9.11.)