Arrivals

2013 month:     2'420

2013 cumul.:    9'433

2012 month:         325

2012 cumul.:      2'385

Arrivals

2013 month:      5'119

2013 cumul.:   15'250

2012   month:        713

2012   cumul.:     4'667

Arrivals

2013 month:          0

2013 cumul.:   1'676

2012   month:         91

2012   cumul.:    1'568

Victims

2013 month:       18

2013 cumul.:     141

2012   month:       80

2012   cumul.:     292

Total Arrivals

month:     7'539

cumul.:   26'359

Tunisia:         198

Libya:       17'588

other:        8'573

 14 Tunisians rescued by

helicopter near Lampione

ANSA 30.9. / AF 30.9.

 BS 30.9. / BS 1.10.

Brancaleone (Calabria): Surprise landing of 100 migrants of different nationality  ANSA 30.9.

Trapani (Sicily): Merchant ship takes 106 sSAfricans to Trapani

BS 30.9. / BS 30.9. / photo

Ragusa (Sicily): Surprise arrival of approx. 150 East Africans; boat hits sandbank in rough sea near Sampieri; 13 drown trying to swim ashore; many disperse; two traffickers arrested

SM 30.9. / photos / ANSA 30.9. / BS 30.9. / SM 10.11.

GC and military rescue 250

sSAfricans 50 NM off Lampedusa; debarkation at Porto Empedocle

 ANSA 28.9. / Rep 28.9. 

 Rep video

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of two boats with 117 and 67 sSAfricans  ANSA 28.9. 

 ANSA 28.9. / BS 28.9.

Agrigento (Sicily): Undetected landing of 30 North Africans near Punta Bianca  AF 27.9. 

 AF 27.9.

Storm warning for Southern Italy

  ANSA 29.9. 

Tunisian Coast Guard prevents 'harragas' from departing for Italy; no details mentioned  TAP 27.9.

UNHCR September Update for Libya mentions 4'619 departures; my figure is roughly identical, around 4'400 !  UNHCR Update 

At UN General Assembly meeting PM Zeidan discusses Libyan security recon-struction needs with foreign ministers of France, Italy, Germany and the US   LH 29.9. 

Arrival of another three boats with 313 migrants   Rep 26.9.

GC and GdF rescue 398 Syrians; GC, military and FRONTEX vessel rescue another 111; 1'250 mi-grants at Reception Center

 ANSA 25.9. / Rep 25.9.

 BS 25.9.

Brindisi (Apulia): 2 Syrian youngsters found hiding in a vehicle arriving by ferry from Greece  ANSA 26.9.

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): Rescue of 155 Syrians, first by marchant vessel, then by GC

ANSA 26.9.

Augusta (Sicily): Arrival of 117 migrants on board of German merchant vessel 'Fuji' Rep 26.9.

Palermo (Sicily): 183 Somali migrants rescued by container ship 'King Julius'  BS 26.9. 

ANSA 27.9. / BS 27.9.

photo / video

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 181

Syrians at night; 70 children

 Rep 25.9. / video

Porto Empedocle (Sicily): GC and military rescue 86 migrants

Rep 25.9.

42 'harragas' stopped by Tunisian Coast Guard; six others rescued from sinking boat, three missing 

TAP 25.9. 

170 migrants travelling on two boats rescued by GC

BS 24.9.

  184 East Africans rescued by GC  Rep 23.9.

 GL 23.9. / AF 23.9.

94 migrants rescued by GC

AF 23.9.

 200 Eritreans protest against Dublin regulation and identification measures

ANSA 18.9. / SM 19.9.

 GC rescue two boats, one with 36 sSAfricans, another with 68  CdM 17.9.

Rep 17.9. 

Siracusa (Sicily): 83 migrants abandoned on tiny island by

'facilitators' and rescued by volunteers  ANSA 24.9.  

Lecce (Apulia): 32 'Asians' forced to walk ashore by migrant smugglers, including babies   ANSA 23.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): 115 migrants rescued by GC  ANSA 21.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC and FRONTEX vessel rescue 424 Syrians; one person found dead on board  ANSA 20.9.  Rep 22.9.   video

Three boats rescued by GC, GdF, navy and merchant ships; 149 Syrians taken to Catania, 226 sSAfricans to Pozzallo, 284 sSAfricans to Gioia Tauro (Calabria)

  ANSA 17.9. / Rep 17.9. 

 MT 17.9. / ANSA 18.9.

BS 18.9. / video / video 

ANSA 18.9. / ANSA 19.9.

Libya to order advanced border

security equipment and to strengthen cooperation with Egypt and Sudan    LH 23.9. 

Libyan Coast Guard intercepts boat carrying 207 East-Africans  LH 22.9. 

At Madrid EU members agree to support Libya within framework of 'Seahorse Mediterraneo' program meant to combat irregular migration

LH 22.9. / ANSAmed 19.9.

GC rescues two boats, one with 36 Nigerians and a second with 68 other migrants  Rep 16.9. 

AF 16.9. 

Arrival of 500 sSAfricans on two boats, one with 221

another with 279 migrants  ANSA 13.9. / CdM 13.9.

31 North-Africans stopped by police after landing

ANSA 11.9. 

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrest of 3 Egyptians accused of migrant smuggling  ANSA 16.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): Surprise

landing of 150 Syrians near Vendicari

  ANSA 16.9. / Rep 16.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC and GdF rescue 156 Syrians and Egyptians  ANSA 15.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): 320 Syrians rescued at night by GC and merchant ship    ANSA 14.9.

video Rep

Locri (Calabria): GC and GdF intercept 170 migrants and take them to Roccella Jonica

ANSA 13.9. / Rep 14.9.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC and GdF, aided by FRONTEX, rescue 199 migrants, mostly Syrians; some

Egyptians arrested for trafficking

 ANSA 12.9. / BS 12.9. 

 ANSA 13.9. / Rep 14.9.

 SM 12.9.

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 95 sSAfricans rescued by merchant vessel  Rep 11.9.

Storm over Southern Italy

119 sSAfricans leaving from Libya

rescued by Tunisian Coast Guard off Zarzis       TAP 16.9. 

Air repatriation of 10 Egyptians who arrived at Catania on 9 September   SM 11.9. / SM 5.10.

Discussion of integrated border assistance at EUBAM meeting in Tripoli   LH 11.9.

GC intercepts 91 Eritreans and takes them ashore

ANSA 10.9. / Rep 11.9.

6 Tunisians rescued at Pantelleria by vacationers; transfer to Trapani CIE

ANSA 9.9. / CdM 9.9.

93 sSAfricans rescued by GC  ANSA 8.9. / Rep 8.9.

Reacting to call by Libyan Coast Guard GC and navy rescue 207 sSAfricans

  ANSA 7.9. / Rep 7.9.

 CdM 7.9.

Mazara del Vallo (Sicily): 39 Tunisians rescued, some try to escape   ANSA 8.9. / Rep 8.9.

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 208 Somalis and Eritreans rescued by navy vessel  Rep 8.9. 

ANSA 7.9. / Rep 9.9.

 Augusta (Sicily): Arrival of 293 Syrians on two boats

  ANSA 7.9. / Rep 7.9. / video

 Lecce (Puglia): Arrival of 47 migrants in two surprise landings; one vessel escapes, another found on beach near Tricase   ANSA 6.9.

Storm and rough sea

Interior Minister Alfano: 6'920 migrants have so far landed in Sicily (my count is approx. 6'200); if trend continues 'structural' changes in Italian migration policy envisaged

    Rep 6.9. / ANSA 6.9. / Rep 8.9.

'CEAS has long way to go' - Report issued by European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)  MT 6.9.

 FTDES calls for creation of compre-

hensive Mediterranean SAR

cooperation system   FTDES 5.9.   

Siracusa (Sicily): Boat with 180 Syrians hits sandbank

 ANSA 3.9. 

Monopoli (Puglia): GC in search of 27 Albanian migrants

 ANSA 3.9. / Rep 4.9.

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): GC rescues 32 Pakistanis and Ceylonese at night

  ANSA 3.9. / video Rep

Siracusa (Sicily): GC rescues 93 Syrians and Egyptians in a night operation off Capo Passero

ANSA 3.9. / video Rep

Siracusa (Sicily): GC rescues 100 Syrians and Egypitans; wife of a Palestinian found dead    ANSA 2.9. / ANSA 2.9.  video

 Siracusa (Sicily): Night arrival of 180 Syrians towed by GC vessel    ANSA 1.9.

NGO report about Italian aerial push-backs of Egyptians  during month of August    telib 2.9.