Arrivals

2013   month:     955

2013   cumul.:  1'599

2012  month:        168 

 2012  cumul.:       679  

Arrivals

2013   month:      448

2013   cumul.:   1'129

2012   month:        160

2012   cumul.:       414

Arrivals

2013   month:    84

2013   cumul.:  186

2012  month:       52  

2012   cumul.:    120

Victims

2013   month:      25

2013   cumul.:      69

2012   month:        12

2012   cumul.:        76

Total Arrivals

month:    1'487

cumul.:    2'914

Tunisia:         73

Libya:       1'867

other:         974

 Calabria coast: Carabinieri stop 12 unidentified migrants after landing  ANSA 30.4.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC rescue 78 Egyptians and Syrians 

ANSA 30.4. / Rep 30.4.

 Gallipoli (Apulia): Arrival of 32 Syrians and Afghans travelling on a sailing boat; two smugglers escape  ANSA 29.4. 

 Rep photo

Bari (Apulia): GdF detect 2

Afghans and 2 Somalis hiding in a truck arriving by ferry; Lithuanian driver arrested

  ANSA 26.4. 

 Crotone (Calabria): Surprise arrival during the night of 18 unidentified migrants; no traces of vessel   ANSA 26.4.  

Rough seas prevent ship from entering Valletta  ToM 26.4. 

UNHCR unable to see 78 Egyptians and Syrians who arrived at Sira-cusa; refoulement  suspected

 HCR 30.4. 

 Armed Forces of Malta host regional meeting of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF)

AFM 25.4. 

150 of 500 sSAfricans at detention camp south of Tripoli manage to escape  LH 25.4.

175 km 'smuggling barrier' around Kufra in south-east Libya nears completion; meant to reduce traffi-cking of goods and migrants

 LH 25.4.

 New Maltese PM visits Tripoli

LH 29.4.

Armed militias blockade Libyan Foreign Ministry and demand change in pro-Qaddafi personnel  LH 28.4.  

Italian PM Letta presents new cabinet

ANSA 27.4. 

LIBE votes on two new rules strengthening EU asylum policy

    EUPL 24.4. 

Anna Maria Cancellieri meets Tunisian Minister of the Interior and delivers 2 patrol boats and 62 vehicles for border management  BN 24.4. / TAP 24.4. 

 GC rescues 84 sSAfricans travelling on a rubber dinghy in Libyan waters; involvement of merchant vessel  ANSA 20.4.

Rep 22.4.

Rescue of 73 sSAfricans by GC 100 NM off Lampedusa

  Rep 19.4. video 

Rescue of 115 sSAfricans by GC off Libyan coast

CdM 19.4.

Siracusa (Sicily): rescue of another 39 Egyptians by GdF

ANSA 20.4. / GdS 21.4.

Siracusa (Sicily): 61 Egyptians travelling on a wooden craft

rescued by GC  ANSA 19.4. 

Locri (Calabria): Arrival of another 51 Egyptians who departed a week ago and paid up to € 3000 a person to smugglers  ANSA 18.4. 

Bianco (Calabria): Police stop 10 Egyptians on beach; 20 more said to have arrived  ANSA 16.4.

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): 

Arrival of 39 'Asians' thrown into sea by traffickers; 20 reported missing

ANSA 16.4. / Rep 16.4.

84 sSAfricans rescued by AFM jointly with GC

ToM 19.4. / AFM 19.4.

 UNHCR reports that Libyan coast guard intercepts 190 sSAfricans on 20 April  (External Update April)

Tunisian National Coast Guard stops 26 'harragas' off Kelibia   TAP 17.4.  

French embassy bombed at Tripoli

LH 23.4.

Launch of a project to integrate Tunisian migration in development planning      TAP 18.4. 

380 migrants transferred by ferry to Sicily; 478 remain at Lampedusa

ANSA 13.4.

Arrival of 14 minors

  ANSA 13.4.

732 migrants at Lampe-dusa reception center  ANSA 12.4.

 GdF intercept two more boats with 200 migrants aboard  ANSA 12.4.

Rep 12.4. / video

 video

Libyan coast guard rescues 89 sSAfricans after 5 days at sea 19 miles off Zawia; 5 victims. Earlier in the week 34 migrants rescued

LH 13.4. / ToM 15.4.

5 + 5 Meeting to be held at Nouakchott, Mauritania   ToM 14.4. 

Ceremony marking end of national dialogue on Tunisian draft Constitution      TAP 13.4.

Tunisian 'Migration Partnership' agreements criticized  EM 13.4.  

 EUCOM proposes new rules for FRONTEX joint operations at sea; pro-posal goes to Parliament and Council   EUCOM 12.4.

A total of 469 sSAfricans  arrive from Libya in two days; 4 rescue missions

ToM/video 11.4.

ANSA 11.4. / Rep 11.4.

Rep video

165 migrants on two boats approaching island; one

rescued by GC, the other

monitored by commercial vessel

  ANSA 10.4. / Rep 10.4.

Pozzallo (Sicily): 84 Somalis rescued by GC   Rep 11.4.

Rep photo

Storm alert for southern Italy   ANSA 6.4.

Storms in southern Italy

ANSA 1.4. / meteo

18 beneficieries of inter-national protection leave for the US; 1179 since 2007

  ToM 2.4.

UNHCR reports that Libyan coast guard intercepts 200 sSAfricans on 11 April   (External Update April)

IOM announces creation of three Tunisian centers providing guidance for returning illegal migrants

TAP 11.4.

Schengen Information System (SIS II) goes live   EUCOM 9.4.