Italy |
Malta |
Accidents, Victims, SAR, Debarkation, Detention, Repatriation, Resettlement |
Diplomacy, Politics, Law
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Lampedusa | Italy South | |||
Arrivals
2012 month: 87 2012 cumul.: 849 2011 month: 3'916 2011 cumul.: 30'112
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Arrivals
2012 month: 1'277 2012 cumul.: 2'252 2011 month: 448 2011 cumul.: 3'713
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Arrivals
2012 month: 258 2012 cumul.: 972 2011 month: 76 2011 cumul.: 1'526
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Victims
2012 month: 8 2012 cumul.: 108 2011 month: 296 2011 cumul.: 1'093
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Total Arrivals 2012
month: 1'622 cumul.: 4'073 Tunisia: 1'045 Libya: 1'693 other: 1'335
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Lampedusa still an 'unsafe port'
Rescue of eight Tunisians outside Pantelleria; one flown to hospital
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Leuca (Apulia): Arrival of 84 'Asians', in part witnessed by tourists; trafficking boat escapes;additional victim of 19 June accident detected
Reggio Calabria: Arrival from Greece of 53 'Asians' rescued by Capitaneria di Porto
Catania (Sicily): GdF inter-cepts 115 'magrebini' travelling on an Egyptian fishing vessel; four persons arrested for migrant smuggling ANSA 27.6.
Bari (Apulia): GdF discover 5 migrants (three Afghans, two Moroccons) hidden in vehicles arriving by ferry from Greece; two Italians and a Bulgarian arrested for migrant smuggling ANSA 27.6.
Crotone (Calabria): Seven Parkistanis stopped by police and carabinieri after landing ANSA 27.6.
Marsala (Sicily): 20 'North-Africans' stopped by local police after debarkation
Crotone (Calabria): Police arrest 31 'Asians' (mostly Pakistanis) after clande-stine landing ANSA 23.6.
Bari (Apulia): GdF intercepts 70 Egyptians and Somalis on a fishing boat; four persons arrested for migrant smuggling
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In deteriorating weather conditions AFM rescues 60 Somalis and Eritreans travelling on a dinghy 50 miles off the island |
In Malta five Detention Service and AFM personnel are under arrest for questioning after a migrant from Mali died on the way to health center
Repatriation by Egypt Air of 53 migrants that arrived at Catania two days ago; 52 Egyptian minors still at reception center
40 migrants 'revolt' at Trapani (Sicily) reception center demanding shorter detainment; two carabineri suffer injuries |
FRONTEX publishes 2012 1st Quarter Report FRAN Q1 29.6.
Cyprus, scheduled to assume the EU presidency in July, announces that the completion of a Common European Asylum System is one of its top priorities Cypurs Mail 26.6.
Cecilia Malmström attends opening of new Migration Policy Centre at EUI in Florence and calls for the negotiation or migration partnership agreements with North African states EUCOM 25.6. / EUI 25.6. / Statewatch |
Carabinieri arrest 28 Tuni-sians arriving in Linosa; trafficker escapes
Anna Maria Cancellieri de-clares that in a few days the Lampedusa reception center will be opened for up to 300 persons
Arrival of 51 Eritreans from Libya in a rubber dinghy; transfer to Porto Empedocle Rep 20.6.
Lampedusa still an 'unsafe port'
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Pozzallo (Sicily): 130 Somalis and Eritreans, heading for Malta, inter-cepted in Italian waters and taken ashore
Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 62 migrants on island near Capo Passero; some sSAfricans, some 'Asians'; traffickers escape
Otranto (Apulia): During the night 17 Afghans and Pakistanis, depart-ing from Greece, rescued by GdF from sinking vessel; trafficker arrested
Crotone (Calabria): 55 'Asians' of various nationalities discovered on beach near Isola di Capo Rizzuto; left Greece a week ago
Otranto (Apulia): Rescue by Gallipoli Capitaneria di Porto of four North-Africans; seven reported missing; one of the four survivors accused of human smuggling
Ferruzzano (Calabria): Carabinieri stop 43 migrants (Syrians and Afghans) on beach after landing
Trapani (Sicily): Arrival of 70 Tunisians during the night in the vicinity of Campobello di Mazara ANSA 16.6.
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During the night AFM escort 20 Somalis to Hay Wharf; departure from Tunisia!
Eurostat data show that Malta retains top position in 2011 by granting asylum status to 55 per cent of applicants ToM 20.6.
Government publishes 2011 Maltese migration and asylum figures
65 migrants intercepted and brought ashore by AFM; mixed group of Somalis, Syrians and Bangladeshis ToM 17.6.
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Conclusion of 18th Italian-Maltese joint aero-naval training exercise 'Canale' emphasizing SAR and border control ToM 22.6.
Resettlement of 19 Africans (Somalis, Eritreans, Sudanese) to the United States bringing this year's US total to 213 ToM 21.6.
Malta repatriates 24 Ghanaians on a FRONTEX financed flight originating in Austria; so far 195 migrants repatriated in four such operations ToM 21.6.
60 'harragas' stopped by Tunisian CG off the coast of Sfax TN 20.6. |
Maltese and Italian foreign ministers meeting in Rome discuss more effective SAR collaboration, communication and consultation to prevent tragedies at sea
Replying to UNHCR statement, Italian Minister for Migration Andrea Riccardi, announces that mass repatriations will stop NZZ 21.6.
FM Terzi delcares that Italy will not resume 'indiscriminate repatriation', that Lampedusa will be repaired and that Libya agreement is 'transparent' ANSA 20.6. / LH 22.6.
UNHCR delegate for Southern Europe says that Italy-Libya agreement ignores international conventions
On the occasion of World Refugee Day (20 June), Amnesty International asks Italy to rescind the 3 April migration agreement with Libya AI 19.6. / Rep 19.6. / TAP 20.6.
EU publishes 2011 asylum acceptance figures ANSAmed 19.6.
Arrest at Siracusa (Sicily) of three Italians accused of involvement in clandestine migration scheme
UNHCR report shows 2011 to have been a record year with more people be-coming refugees than at any time since 2000 UNHCR 18.6.
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Pozzallo (Sicily): 48 migrants (from Libya?) on a rubber dinghy rescued by GC 15 miles off the coast
Mazara Del Vallo (Sicily): 31 migrants (Tunisians?) apprehended by police after beach landing
Pozzallo (Sicily): 54 Egyptians on a small fishing boat intercepted by GdF; 18 Egyptians migrant smugglers arrested next day SM 12.6.
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'Too early to sound alarm on migration' ToM 13.6.
Labour opposition says that voluntary EU burden sharing has failed; mem-bers should be 'forced' to help with migration
Maltese migration expec-tations for current year ToM 11.6. / Ind 9.6. di-ve 9.6.
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UN special rapporteur for migrants' rights, on a visit to Tunisia, calls on EU to go beyond border control and to open up 'regular migration routes' TAP 14.6.
Two Greeks accused of dropping 20 migrants into sea in 2010; one person drowned; Catanzaro (Calabria) State Attorney demands 25-year sentence ANSA 13.6.
Amnesty International publishes report dealing with the 'externalization' of Europe's migration problem in general and the 2008 Italy-Libya agreement in particular AI 13.6.
Swiss Minister of Justice, Ms Simonetta Sommaruga, on a three-day Tunisian visit; signs new 'migration partnership' agreement TL 10.6. / TAP 11.6. / TAP 11.6.
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Lampedusa still an 'unsafe port' |
Crotone (Calabria): Debarkation of 156 'Asians', including 68 minors, arriving from Turkey in two boats; human smugglers escaped ANSA 10.6.
Agrigento (Sicily): 30 North-Africans (Tunisians?) apprehended by police after undetected landing; fourth arrival in a few days
Agrigento (Sicily): A second un-detected landing near Ribera of up to 30 Tunisian migrants ANSA 8.6.
Agrigento (Sicily): 22 migrants, probably Tunisians, stopped by local police after undetected landing; a total of 40 said to have arrived
Pozzallo (Sicily): 61 Eritreans and Somalis rescued by GC on 2 June; 27 accused of using glue to prevent fingerprint identification
Porto Empedocle (Sicily): 44 migrants (from Libya?) inter- cepted by GdF close to shore and taken into port ANSA 2.6.
Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): 17 Pakistanis rescued from a drifting boat by the local capitaneria di porto
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Official figures show that during the current year 832 migrants have arrived in Malta ToM 7.6.
Under EUREMA 20 East-African migrants are resettled in the Nether-lands ToM 6.6.
113 Somali migrants, de- parting from Libya, rescued and brought ashore by AFM ToM 2.6. |
Sit-in by families of disappeared 'harragas' in front of Tunsian National Assembly building TN 6.6.
Around 150 Pakistani migrants demonstrate in front of Bari prefecture demanding speedy handling of their political asylum applications
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Cypriot president Demetris Christofias, on a visit to Malta, declares that during Cypriot EU presidency the two countries will seek improvements in the Union's handling of irregular migration
Luxemburg EU JHA Council Meeting: The new Maltese Minister of Justice, Chris Said, demands a review of the Dublin Treaty and asks for more burden-sharing and solidarity; ministers also decide on the introduction of temporary border controls inside the Schengen area ToM 7.6. / Rep 7.6. / EUCL 7.6.
Tunisian TV Station 'Thawrah TV' broad-casts program on fate of 'harragas' Thawrah 5.6.
Special Eurobarometer on "Awareness of Home Affairs" published EUCOM 1.6.
Report published by the Commission gives snapshot view of migration, asylum and free movement in the EU EUCOM 1.6.
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