mediterranean migration
blue borders

Italy

 

Malta

 

Tunisia, Libya, Accidents, SAR,

Migrant Smuggling, Repatriation

 

Diplomacy, Politics, Law

 

Lampedusa

Italy South

 

Arrivals

2014 month:

2014 cumul.:

2013 month:          0

2013 cumul.:         0

 

 

Arrivals

2014 month:   3'243

2014 cumul.:   5'587

2013 month:          76

2013 cumul.:        318

 

 

Arrivals

2014 month:

2014 cumul.:

2013 month:      0

2013 cumul.:     0

 

 

Victims

2014 month:      9

2014 cumul.:    11

2013 month:       1

2013 cumul.:       1

 

 

Total Arrivals

2014 month:   3'243

2014 cumul.:   5'587

2013 month          76

2013 cumul.        318 

 

 

 

 

 

Augusta (Sicily): Navy rescues 100 sSAfricans in a night opera-tion south of Lampedusa; 12 Tunisians rescued off Pantelleria 

BS 28.2. / ANSA 28.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 North-Africans stopped by Carabinieri near Agrigento after landing  BS 26.2.

 

Navy rescues 596 migrants south of Lampedusa; another 200 rescued by GC

  BS 26.2. / ANSA 26.2.

 

 

 

 Agrigento tribunal accuses Somali citizen of organized migrant smuggling in connection with 3 October accident causing 366 victims     ANSA 28.2.

 

Rescue of 107 migrants by Libyan coastguard off Tripoli; seven said to have died  LH 28.2. 

 

 

 

Tunisian navy rescues 98 sSAfricans north-east of Djerba after departing from Libya

TAP 26.2. 

 

 

Maltese PM Muscat meets newly

elected PM Renzi in Rome; migration a high-priority common concern 

 MT 28.2.

 

  

 

 

 

Maltese Minister of Home Affairs calls for EU office in Libya to consider asylum applications  ToM 27.2.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Libyan constitutional election committee - final turnout  LH 23.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Augusta (Sicily): 123 migrants rescued 145 NM south of Lampe-dusa by GC and Greek merchant ship; two victims found

   BS 18.2. / ANSA 18.2. 

 

Augusta/Pozzallo (Sicily): Navy rescues 1079 migrants travelling on four boats 110 NM south of Lampedusa; Tunisian migrant smuggler arrested   GL 17.2. 

 ANSA 17.2. / BS 19.2.

 BS 25.2.

 

 

 

 

 

Commission publishes report on EU external migration policy  EUC 21.2.

 

LIBE endorses new EU rules

governing search and rescue at sea  LIBE 20.2.

 

COREPER approves on 13.2. new

rules for the surveillance of the EU external sea borders EUCL 20.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Augusta (Sicily): Navy rescues 1'123 sSAfrican migrants tra-velling on 6 rubber dinghies

  BS 6.2. / BBC 6.2.ANSA 5.2. 

 BS 5.2. / video Rep / SM 7.2.

 

 

  

 

Mediterranean storms

ANSA 1.2. / MT 1.2. / ANSA 2.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrest of four migrant smugglers in connection with 5 February arrivals

BS 10.2. 

 

UNHCR 2014 regional operations profile for North Africa UNHCR 15.2. 

 

 

 

 

 

According to Italian Interior Ministry 2'156 migrants landed in January, compared with 217 last year; annual total for 2013 was 42'925  ANSA 4.2.

 

FRAN Q3 2013 published

FRAN Q3