mediterranean migration
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Italy

 

Malta

 

Accidents, Victims, SAR, Debarkation, Detention, Repatriation, Resettlement

 

Diplomacy, Politics, Law

 

Lampedusa

Italy South

 

Arrivals

2012   month:    1'072

2012   cumul.:   3'457

2011   month:         0

2011   cumul.: 38'185

 

 

Arrivals

2012 month:    520

2012 cumul.: 5'187

2011 month:    370

2011 cumul.: 5'920

 

 

Arrivals

2012 month:        0

2012 cumul.: 1'568

2011 month:        0

2011 cumul.: 1'526

 

 

Victims

2012 month:        0

2012 cumul.:    292

2011 month:        0

2011 cumul.:  1'146

 

 

Total Arrivals

month:   1'592

cumul.: 10'212

Tunisia:    1'837

Libya:      4'795

other:      3'580

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storm over Southern Europe  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

In a night operation and in rough sea GC and Navy rescue 70 sSAfricans tra-velling on a rubber dinghy  Rep 26.10. 

 ANSA 26.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gallipoli (Apulia): 55 'Asians' travelling on a sailing boat arrive at Gallipoli harbor

  ANSA 27.10. / Video

 

Syracuse (Sicily): GdF inter-cepts Egyptian vessels with 54 migrants aboard  ANSA 27.10. 

Video 

 

 

 

   

 

Otranto (Apulia): GdF rescue 17 'Asians' from a sinking vessel  ANSA 26.10. 

 

  

Rough Mediterranean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFM aircraft on FRONTEX mission in Spain identifies sinking dinghy leading to the rescue of 18 migrants; around 40 still missing 

 ToM 27.10. 

 

13 Libyan officers com-plete SAR Coordination Training Course in Malta

AFM 27.10.

  

 

Dutch Immigration Minister on visit to Malta: "It is time to move from volun-tary relocation to a more permanent scheme" ToM 29.10.

 

BBC documentary: "The Left To Die Boat" about March 2011 tragedy off Libya BBC 29.10.

 

Lampedusa fishermen discover two more victims of early September accident   FE 29.10.

 

 

Tunis 30/31 October: Germany's Adenauer Stiftung organizes confer-ence on 'Political Changes and Impact on Security in the Mediterranean' 

TAP 26.10.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  EU sponsored Global Conference on Automated Border Control held in Warsaw  FRONTEX 25./26.10.

 

JHA Council Meeting at Luxemburg; CEAS improvements discussed

EUCL 25./26.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 GC and GdF rescue 226 sSAfricans from two sink-ing dinghies in Libyan waters; joint Maltese-Italian coordination; SOS call by satellite phone

  Rep 23.10. / ToM 24.10.

CdS 24.10. / ANSA 24.10.

AFM 24.10. / FFM 25.10.

LH 24.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 Tunisians in distress 30 NM off Lampione; GC alerted by satellite phone   CdM 18.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): GdF apprehend 43 'Asians' after clandestine landing CdM 23.10.

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 152 migrants (mostly 'Asians') travel-ling on an Egyptian fishing boat 

CdM 23.10. / ANSA 23.10.

 

Agrigento (Sicily): Arrival of 15 Tunisians during the night  ANSA 23.10. / CdM 23.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 16'341 migrants landed in Malta in the last ten years; Somali are largest group

ToM 23.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Seven Somali refugees reset-tled to Denmark  ToM 18.10.

 

 

At Fiumicino airport authorities arrest Algerian accused of smuggling 932 migrants into Pozzallo on 31 May 2011   ANSA 25.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Greek traffickers found guilty by Catanzaro court of involvement in 2010 migrant death   ANSA 24.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publication of EASO Working Programme for 2013   EASO 22.10.

 

 

AI submits petition with 28'000 signatures to Italian government de-manding cancellation of non-transpa-rent 3 April migration agreement with Libya  Rep 19.10.

 

 

 True emergencies for Lampedusa citizens, mayor Giusi Nicolini says, arise not from migration but from getting medical treatment in Sicily

 CdM 16.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another 304 sSAfricans travelling on a fishing vessel rescued by GC and GdF south of Lampedusa

Rep 12.10. / ANSA 12.10.

  

 After being contacted by satellite phone GC rescues 109 sSAfricans, departing from Libya, from a sinking rubber dinghy

ANSA 12.10. 

  Rep 12.10. 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

Government announces continued use of reno-vated Lampedusa facility as transition camp 

 ANSA 9.10.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storms over the

Mediterranean 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roccella Ionica (Calabria): Authorities discover 44 'Asians' along highway after clandestine landing  ANSA 12.10.

 

 

 

 

Capo di Leuca (Apulia): Surprise landing of 33 Pakistanis

ANSA 11.10. / Rep 12.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brindisi (Apulia): 8 Afghans found on two trucks arriving by ferry from Greece  ANSA 9.10.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Nigerians who died in a rescue operation on 15 Au-gust buried in the presence of family members 

 ToM 16.10.

  

AFM personnel and Libyan counterparts undergo basic Boarding Officer Course in Malta  AFM 15.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US resettlement of 15 migrants from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan; in 2012 340  Maltese migrants resettled in various countres, 1730 since 2005  ToM 11.10.

 

 

16-19 October: First Euromed training course on irregular migration held at Lissabon  ENP 5.11.

 

 FRONTEX Consultative Forum on Fun-damental Rights elects chairpersons at inaugural meeting  FRONTEX 16.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

Ali Zidan new Libyan Prime Minister

TP 14.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 International conference on Tunisian migration policy initiated by the Tunis Centre for Migration and Asylum (CeTuMA)   TAP 11.10.

 

First Euromed Migration III Meeting with a focus on 'Migration Profiles'

  ENP 11.10. 

   

In Tunis PM Jebali and Italian am-bassador Pietro Binassi discuss

possibility of developing compre-hensive approach to illegal migration  

TAP 10.10.  

 

Release of FRAN Q2 report for April-June period  FRONTEX 10.10.

 

 

  

Reacting to an emergency call 93 sSAfricans travelling on a rubber dinghy rescued

by ships of Italian CG, GdF and Navy   Rep 8.10.


Transfer of 44 Tunisians to Sicilian reception cen-ters; 298 sSAfricans remain at Lampedusa   ANSA 8.10. 

 

 GC rescues 166 sSAfricans from a sinking wooden craft 56 NM south of Lampedusa; Maltese-Italian SAR co-operation

  CdS 7.10.

 

  

 

Lampedusa still

an 'unsafe port' ?

 

 

  

During morning hours GC rescues 74 migrants travelling on a rubber dinghy  ANSA 4.10. 

 

 

 

 

  

Bari (Apulia): Police arrest 81 'Asians' arriving on a ferry from Greece and hiding under two trucks  ANSA 8.10.

 

Otranto (Apulia): GdF rescues 18 'Asians' from a tiny boat in distress  ANSA 8.10. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Lampedusa 120 migrants, including the Tunisians involved in the Septem-ber accident, protest against relocation and possible

repatriation  ANSA 6.10.

 

According to the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior National Guard units, in September, thwarted 14 attempts at illegal emigration by sea, involving 459 persons, including 160 foreigners     TAP 5.10.

  

Discovery of fifth Lampione victim

 ANSA 4.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two-day 5 + 5 Summit in Malta;

President Marzouki proposes formation of a task force on irregular migration to meet in Tunis and to discuss prevention of 'useless deaths'

 MT 6.10. / ToM 6.10. / TP 6.10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU to sign 'privileged' partnership agreement with Tunisia in November; will contain measures intended to manage 'mobility'  ANSAmed 2.10. 

TN 10.10.