Italy |
Malta |
Accidents, Victims, SAR, Debarkation, Detention, Repatriation, Resettlement |
Diplomacy, Politics, Law
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Lampedusa | Italy South | |||
Arrivals 2012 month: 853 2012 cumul.: 2'060 2011 month: 4'521 2011 cumul.: 36'894
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Arrivals 2012 month: 818 2012 cumul.: 3'954 2011 month: 1'004 2011 cumul.: 5'137
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Arrivals 2012 month: 411 2012 cumul.: 1'477 2011 month: 0 2011 cumul.: 1'526
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Victims 2012 month: 46 2012 cumul.: 212 2011 month: 53 2011 cumul.: 1'146
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Total Arrivals
month: 2'082 cumul.: 7'491 Tunisia: 1'501 Libya: 3'421 other: 2'569
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GC rescues 36 migrants (Tunisians?) in distress; third consecutive landing ANSA 30.8. / Rep 30.8.
65 Tunisians rescued by GC from a sinking boat
GC, reacting to an emer-gency call, rescues 8 Tunisian migrants off Pantelleria ANSA 29.8.
180 migrants transferred to Porto Empedocle
Lampedusa still an 'unsafe port'
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Capo Passero (Sicily): Arrival of 240 migrants, mostly Eritreans
Patu (Apulia): Carabinieri stop around 30 migrants (mainly Iranians) after landing; traffi-ckers escape ANSA 29.8.
Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): During the night and in rough weather GC and GdF intercept a metal boat carrying about 100 migrants ANSA 27.8.
Tricase (Apulia): GdF appre-hends 34 'Asians' after arrival ANSA 26.8.
Otranto (Apulia): Reacting to an emergency call GC rescues 18 'Asians' arriving from Corfu (Greece) Rep 26.8.
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AFM rescues 86 sSAfrican |
195 East-African refugees to be re- settled from Tunisia's Shusha Camp to Germany TAP 31.8. / TL 1.9.
Families of missing 'harragas' and Tunisian Red Cross meet to launch appeal that will be transmitted to ICRC TAP 29.8.
Migrants at Trapani CIE protest against length of detention
Boat carrying 75 sSAfrican migrants capsizes along Libyan-Egyptian coast; 40 missing or dead; 35 rescued by Libyan coast guard; 17 bodies found, ten by Egyptian Coast Guard |
Publication of report on human rights of migrants in Tunisia by UN Special Rapporteur François Crépeau
A contingent of 46 Maltese mi-litary visits Libya to conduct a two-day training exercise with local forces |
77 East-Africans rescued at night 70 NM off the island by Italian navy ship Rep 24.8. / A21 24.8.
Arrival of 59 East-Africans undetected at Lampedusa harbor; transfer by ferry to Porto Empedocle
81 migrants travelling on a rubber dinghy spotted by Italian navy helicopter and brought ashore by GC
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Palma di Montechiaro (Sicily): Early morning arrival of 18 migrants; no boat and no smugglers detected Rep 25.8.
Otranto (Apulia): Carabinieri stop 30 'Asians' after nightly beach landing
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SAR pictures AFM 21.8.
a dinghy detected by Italian navy and rescued by AFM |
Families of missing Tunisian 'harragas' stage sit-in at government building demanding speedy action TN 23.8.
Libyan border forces capture 120 Bangladeshis entering illegally from Egypt LH 22.8.
At Pozzallo Reception Center Tunisians protest against repatri-ation; 14 arrested for use of violence
Somali athlete Samia Yusuf Omar, who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, died in April while crossing from Libya to Italy as a migrant, Italian newspapers reported today ToM 20.8.
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Arrest at Ragusa of seven persons accused of organized migrant smugg-ling; the group includes three minors
The foreign ministers of Malta and Austria call for a more 'comprehensive EU approach' in matters of illegal migration MT 21.8.
Maroni calls for a return to push-back given the arrival of 400 migrants at Lampedusa CdM 20.8.
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Transfer of migrants to Sicily to begin tomorrow ANSA 19.8.
160 migrants, probably Tunisians, intercepted by GC west of Lampedusa
SAR video Rep 19.8.
Rescue of 231 sSAfricans 30 NM off the island in rough waters; complicated SAR operation; wooden craft detected by Icelandic FRONTEX airplane
Renovated Pantelleria airport inaugurated
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Monasterace (Calabria): GdF and carabinieri catch around 40 mi-grants ('Asians'?) shortly before landing ANSA 16.8. |
A total of 157 Somalis and Eri-treans travelling on two din-ghies brought ashore by AFM; 20 taken to hospital; 60 rescued by merchant vessel; two drown in transfer, two die on patrol boat, two after arrival |
19 East-African refugees have been resettled from Malta to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
Human Rights Watch publishes two papers critical of maritime rescue operations in the Mediterranean and suggesting improvements
Libyan National Assembly appoints Mohammed el-Megarif as the country's Interim President ToM 10.8.
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GC rescues 14 Tunisians on the cliffs of Lampione; transfer to Lampedusa and then on to Porto Empe-docle ANSA 8.8.
Carabinieri and GdF detect 22 Algerians after landing ANSA 7.8.
Lampedusa still an 'unsafe port'
GC rescues 100 migrants travelling on a rubber dinghy 60 NM off Lampedusa ANSA 4.8.
Interview with Lampedusa deputy-mayor by Judith Gleitze of Borderline Europe SM 3.8. |
Crotone (Calabria): GdF dis-covers 157 migrants (124 Syrians, 30 Afghans, 3 Turks) 10 NM off the coast travelling on a fishing vessel; 2 Turks arrested for migrant smuggling
Catanzaro (Calabria): Clande-stine arrival of 40 'Asian' migrants GS 5.8.
Pozzallo (Sicily): GC intercepts a fishing vessel with 84 Egyptians on board 12 NM off the coast; 55 claim to be minors; five arrested for migrant smuggling
Locride (Calabria): Arrival of 27 Syrians; claim to be political refugees; two Turkish migrant smugglers escape ANSA 4.8. |
91 Somalis travelling on a rubber dinghy brought ashore by AFM patrol boat; some taken to hospital; 1291 mi-grants said to have arrived this year AFM 3.8.
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Bizerte/Tunisia: Local Coast Guard arrests four 'harragas' trying to depart with a stolen boat; several manage to escape TN 7.8.
Near Sirte 26 sSAfricans prevented from leaving Libya by boat LH 2.8.
US resettlement of 10 Somalis and Eritreans from Malta; 233 have left this year; since inception of US Refugee Resettlement Program (USRRP) in 2008 a total of 1016 persons relocated ToM 2.8. |
A Palestinian residing in Malta detained in Sicily as Carabinieri arrest a group of Italians, Tunisians and Egypt-ians suspected of organized migrant smuggling MT 9.8.
Libyan NTC hands power to newly elected assembly that will appoint a government and write a new constitution BBC 9.8.
Near Pozzallo (Ragusa) carabinieri arrest two Italians and five North-Africans suspected of organizing the landing of migrants a few days ago
As part of Operation RAIS the Messina State Attorney accuses eleven persons of organized human trafficking dating back to 2010 GS 3.8.
Maltese FM visits Tunisia to meet with PM Jebali and President Marzouki TAP 3.8.
EU Commission reports on the develop-ment of the European Migration Network (EMN) which provides policy-oriented information on migration and asylum EUCOM 1.8.
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