Arrivals

2013 month:      320

2013 cumul.:   1'919

2012 month:          83

2012 cumul.:        762

Arrivals

2013   month:     474

2013   cumul.:  1'603

2012   month:       561

2012   cumul.:      975

Arrivals

2013   month:      83

2013   cumul.:    269

2012   month:      594

2012   cumul.:     714

Victims

2013   month:        0

2013   cumul.:      69

2012   month:        23

2012   cumul.:        99

Total Arrivals

month:     877

cumul.:  3'791

Tunisia:       73

Libya:     2'270

other:     1'448

Otranto (Apulia): Rescue in rough seas of 21 Pakistanis after boat hits cliffs   

 ANSA 29.5. / Photo

strong winds, rough seas  

  50 migrants from Catania-Gela center protest by blocking road

ANSA 28.5.

 Seminar at Libyan General Chiefs of Staff looks at Armed Forces recon-struction  LH 27.5. 

EUCL and EUPL reach provisional agreement on temporary closure of national borders  

 EU 30.5. / EUPL 30.5.

EUCL and EUPL reach prov. agreement regarding new EUROSUR rules

 EUPL 30.5.

 UN Human Rights Council concludes dialogue with Special Rapporteur on human rights of migrants

OHCHR 28.5.

Libyan GNC chairman el-Megarif re-signs to comply with 'Isolation' law banning Gaddafi officials from government jobs 

MEO 28.5. / LH 28.5.

PM Zeidan visits NATO HQ in Brussels; NATO to provide technical support

  PTV 27.5. 

J. M. Barroso receives Libyan PM Ali Zeidan in Brussels  EUCOM 27.5.

 Agrigento bishop invites Pope Francis to visit Lampedusa  ANSA 27.5.

 Rough Seas 

Brindisi (Apulia): 17 Pakistanis rescued by Grimaldi ferry on way from Greece   ANSA 23.5. 

Crotone (Calabria): Surprise arrival at Isola Capo Rizzuto of 43 'Asians' departing from Turkey; migrant smugglers escape   ANSA 21.5.

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): Arrival of 38 Syrians on a small sailing boat  ANSA 19.5.  

EU Commission cannot deliver on its 2011 promise to propose a permanent, voluntary relocation scheme for Malta 

ToM 23.5.

 10 migrants escape from Trapani Milo CIE; 3 captured  ANSA 24.5. 

 Libyan Special Naval Forces take delivery of 30 new fast patrol boats

from France; 25 South Korean boats for Coast Guard to follow  LH 20.5.

16 sSAfrican migrants killed in Libyan road accident; seven seriously injured   LH 18.5. 

Tunisian-Italian technical commission to examine situation of Tunisian 'expatriates' in Sicily    TAP 24.5.  

Turkey offers to re-build Libyan armed forces including border security

LH 22.5.   

EU Council establishes civilian EU inte-grated border management assistance mission in Libya (EUBAM); expected to start in June 

 EUCL 22.5. / LH 25.5. / B2 27.5.

FRONTEX publishes FRAN Q4 report for 2012  FRAN Q4

EUCOM issues report on "Making migration a driver for development"  EUCOM 21.5. / Report   

Appointment of Ms Nataliya Apostolova as new Head of EU Delegation to Libya  

 EUCOM 21.5.

139 sSAfricans on two rubber dinghies rescued by GC; Maltese-Italian-Libyan cooperation

  ANSA 11.5. / Rep video

GC rescues 181 sSAfricans travelling on two rubber dinghies

 ANSA 10.5.

Rep 10.5. video

 Palizzi (Calabria): Arrival of 71 'Asians'; pregnant women taken to hospital; old wooden ship hits sandy beach   ANSA 16.5. 

Stormy Mediterranean

Tricase (Apulia): 8 Afghans and Pakistanis stopped after landing; search for two said to be missing  Rep 13.5. 

83 Somalis travelling on a leaking rubber dinghy taken ashore by AFM

   ToM 11.5. / AFM 11.5.

110'000 Syrian refugees reported in 

Libya; 10'00 registered with UNHCR

  LH 16.5.

According to UNHCR 2'500 sSAfricans on 24 boats left from Libya since early March, 1'790 of which in April

    LH 14.5.

Libyan coast guard discovers abandoned 15-foot rubber dinghy floating 8 miles off Tripoli; fate of migrants uncertain  LH 14.5.

On 9 May Libyan navy stops 84 sSAfricans off Khoms (near Tripoli)  LH 14.5.

Arrest of 3 Egyptians and 1 Moroccan suspected of migrant smuggling in connection with 19 April Siracusa landing  CdM 8.5. 

200 US marines transferred from Spain to Sicily for possible use in Libya

 ANSA 15.5. / Rep 17.5. 

Libyan commission warns of growing inflow of irregular migrants  LH 11.5. 

Cecilia Malmström discusses migration in her State of the Union address

EUCOM 9.5. 

Cariati (Calabria): Local port authority detects arrival of 60 Egyptians; some taken to hospital  ANSA 6.5.

Capo Passero (Sicily): Arrival of 46 Afghans 27 of which rescued by GC  Rep 3.5. 

Leuca (Apulia): Surprise landing of 38 'Asians'; 20 more said to have arrived; traffickers escape

ANSA 3.5.

Reggio Calabria: GC rescues 43 Afghans off Capo dell'Armi

travelling on a sailing boat

 ANSA 2.5.

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia): 9 'Asians' rescued by local port authority  ANSA 1.5.

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): GdF rescue 60 Syrians and Eritreans

ANSA 1.5.