March 18/28

4000* Tunisians

1’100* sSAfricans from Libya

 (ANSA 18./22.-28.3.,

ToM 20./28.-30.,

NZZ 20./28.3.,

CdS 20.-22./29.3.)

March 27/28: largest 24 hour arrival – 1933 Tunisians

(ANSA 28.3.)

First sSAfrican arrivals from Libya: Lampedusa & Linosa (26./27.3.), Pozzallo & Malta (29.3.), Tunisia (30.3.)

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 454 sSAfricans (ANSA 29.3.)

Linosa: 284 sSAfricans from Libya rescued by GC on March 27 (ToM 28.3.)

March 28: Arrival of 281 sSAfricans at Gozo

(ToM 30.3.)

March 28: Arrival of 535 sSAfricans, 151 of which on board Greek cruise liner (ANSA 28.3., ToM 29./30.3.)  

March 30: A boat with 229 sSAfricans from Libya rescued by TCG and commercial vessels escorted to Tunisian port (ToM 30.3.)

March 31: Berlusconi visits Lampedusa (CdS 30.3.)

March 30: Lampedusa evacuation begins (CdS 29.3.)

6200 migrants at Lampedusa, an island with 5300 inhabitants; protests in camp (CdS 28./29.3.)  

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 44 "Asian" migrants (ANSA 25.3.)

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 48 Kurds; Georgian trafficker arrested (ANSA 25.3.)

Canadian NATO vessel (with Italian assistance) rescues migrant boat with engine trouble; no details reported

(ToM 25.3., MaS 27./29.3.)

"Poseidon Sea" expanding to Eastern portions of Central Mediterranean (FRONTEX 26.3.)

Frattini and Maroni on working visit to Tunis preparing April Accord

(ANSA/PdT 25.3.)

Catania (Sicily): arrival of 124 Egyptians and Libyans. 19 Egyptians arrested, together with 4 Mafiosi suspected of trafficking (ANSA 21./24.3.)

Tunisia: 3 persons arrested suspected of trafficking. Boat capsized off Zarzis on March 19 with three missing and 46 rescued (ANSA 18.7.)

Rome drafts emergency plan to handle up to 50’000 migrants from North Africa

(NZZ 22.3.)

March 18: Libya ultimatum

March 19: US air attack

March 14/15

1600* Tunisians

(ANSA 14./15.3.)

[14.3./1.4. FE reports: 35 missing and 27 drowned in an accident off Zarzis, Tunisia]

Both Italy and Malta deny entry to a Libyan ferry with 1’800 migrants headed for Morocco

(ANSA 14./16.3., ToM 14.3.)

2800 at Lampedusa camp (CdS 15.3.)

Marine Le Pen visits Lampedusa

(CdS 15.3.)

March 2/11

1700* Tunisians

(ANSA 3./5./8./9./11.3.,

NZZ/ToM 3.3.)

* approximate figure

Trapani (Sicily): 28 migrants rescued, 2 fatalities

(ANSA 4.3.)

2 drowned during Trapani landing

Gaddafi "unleashes migrants onto Europe" (ToM 9.3.)

1000 in Lampedusa camp (NZZ 3.3.)

March 2: Operation "Rabit" ends, "Poseidon 2011" (Land and Sea) starts (FRONTEX 3.3.)

Malta sets conditions for hosting FRONTEX (ToM 2.3.)