Arrivals

2012   month:     715

2012   cumul.:  4'172

2011   month:         0

2011   cumul.: 38'185

Arrivals

2012   month:    459

2012   cumul.: 5'646

2011   month:    635

2011   cumul.: 6'550

Arrivals

2012   month:    323

2012   cumul.: 1'891

2011   month:       0

2011   cumul.: 1'526

Victims

2012   month:       15

2012   cumul.:     307

2011   month:       34

2011   cumul.:  1'180 

Total Arrivals

month:    1'497

cumul.:  11'709

Tunisia:    1'854

Libya:       5'953

other:       3'902

10 migrants flown to Pa-lermo; 880 remain at Lampedusa  ANSA 29.11.

"Save the Children" criti-cizes Lampedusa over-crowding especially for 123 minors  SM 28.11. 

 
Mayor Nicolini asks Rome to compensate for dama-ges Pelagic islands suf-fered during 2011 mig-ration emergency

ANSA 28.11. 

 GC intercepts 99 sSAfricans on a rubber dinghy en route to Lampedusa 

 ANSA 26.11.

Crotone (Calabria): 20 migrants of various nattionality rescued by Capitaneria di Porto

  ANSA 27.11.

Siracusa (Sicily): During the night GC rescues 80 Somalis near Porto-palo from a sinking rubber dinghy 

ANSA 25.11. /  Rep 25.11.

Tunisian Coast Guard helicopter rescues seven migrants off Ras Maamoura   TAP 26.11. 

Decomposed body of drowned migrant found near Brindisi 

 ANSA 25.11.
 

PM Ali Zeidan and EU Ambassador to Libya Peter Zsoldos discuss border security  LH 30.11.

EPL's LIBE approves legislation to improve human rights concerns at Schengen external borders, espe-cially with regard to EUROSUR  

EUPL 27.11. / ToM 28.11.

UN Special Rapporteur on HR of mi-grants expressess concern over Italy-Libya cooperation  MaS 27.11. 

EASO holds second Consultative Forum (mainly for NGOs) at Valletta

EASO 26.11.

Libya repatriates more than 200 illegal immigrants from Gambia LH 25.11. 

UN mission looks into border control and illegal immigration in the South of Libya  LH 25.11. 

Afternoon arrival of 123 migrants on a rubber dinghy  Rep 24.11.  

235 sSAfrican migrants intercepted by GC 50 NM south of island

ANSA 24.11.

 CdM 24.11.

Crotone (Calabria): 19 Pakistani men apprehended after landing; boat escapes  ANSA 24.11. 

Agrigento (Sicily): 17 Tunisians disembark near Montallegro; one migrant found dead, two reported missing

  ANSA 21.11. / Rep 24.11.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC intercepts fishing vessel with 80 Libyans and Egyptians aboard 

 ANSA 21.11.

Otranto (Apulia): Carabinieri arrest six 'Asian' migrants at rail-road station  ANSA 21.11. 

Stormy Mediterranean

EU Commission publishes Second Biannual Report on the Schengen Area

EUCOM 23.11. 

 Reports about the EU (and the EEAS) negotiationg an MOU with Libya covering police and military matters   FFM 22.11.

EPL expressed grave concerns about the human rights situation of refugees and migrants in Libya   EUPL 22.11.

 GC, in a night operation, rescues 81 sSAfricans off Libyan coast  ANSA 8.11.

Brindisi (Apulia): Police arrest 13 migrants after landing; rubber dinghy found; ten more migrants discovered

Rep 18.11. / CdS 18.11.

Arrest of skipper and seven crew members (all 'Asians') suspected of migrant smuggling in connect-ion with Reggio Calabria arrival two days ago; financial details of operation revealed Rep 7.11.

Rep 7.11. / ANSA 7.11.

246 migrants from Libya (mostly Eritreans) brought ashore by AFM after engine failure and four days at sea

 ToM 9.11. / AFM 9.11.

 MT 9.11. / ANSA 8.11. 

ToM 10.11. 

Migrant reports about harsh con-ditions in Libyan jails and about departure problems  ToM 18.11.

AI publishes report about the plight of migrants in Libya  AI 13.11.

Ten Somali and Eritrean men leave Malta for the US; so far 373 Maltese resettlements this year   ToM 7.11.

Tunisia gets EU 'advanced partner' Status     TAP 19.11.

Zeidan government takes power in Libya  LH 18.11. 

FRONTEX operation INDALO (Spain) terminated; AFM team returns to Malta; participation with one aircraft

 ToM 13.11. / FFM 15.11.

AI starts petition (to be submitted to the European Parliament in March) demanding greater EU border transparency and accountability

AI 8.11.

107 sSAfricans on a rubber dinghy rescued by GC and military vessel; night operation initiated by satellite phone call

ANSA 6.11. / Rep 6.11.

70 sSAfricans taken to Lampedusa after rescue from a sinking dinghy off Libyan coast by Italian GC and naval unit; joint Italian-Maltese operation responding to a satellite distress call; eleven casualties

CdS 4.11. / AFM 4.11. 

ANSA 4.11. / CdS 4.11.  GS 4.11. / Rep 5.11. 

LH 6.11.

Brindisi (Apulia): Police stop 26 'Asians' along highway after clan-destine debarkation  ANSA 5.11. 

Reggio Calabria: GdF intercepts 171 'Asians' aboard a fishing vessel departing from Turkey

 Rep 5.11. / ANSA 5.11.

GS 5.11. / video

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): Under difficult cirumstances GC rescues 17 Pakistanis from a 5 m vessel  ANSA 4.11. / Rep 5.11.

video

According to government sources 1'567 migrants arrived between January and  October  MT 6.11.

77 sSAfricans rescued by AFM with Italian-Libyan cooper-ation  ANSA 6.11.

ToM 6.11. / AFM 6.11.

10 Somalis who were granted humanitarian protection in Malta leave for the Republic of Ireland 

 ToM 6.11.

Another Lampione victim discovered

ANSA 5.11. / CdM 5.11.

Italian FM Terzi, in a Tripoli meeting with Libyan PM Zidane, sees irregular migration is a problem facing both countries  ANSAmed 6.11. 

Two-day seminar on Tunisian-Libyan

cooperation in matters of labour migration held in Tunis   TAP 2.11.