June 29/30

1160 sSAfricans

(ANSAmed 29./30.6.)

Pantelleria: Arrival of 13 Tunisians

(ANSA 29.6.)

Two Nigerians arrested in Sicily for trafficking 253 migrants early May (ANSA 24.6.)

June 25: "Human chain" participants of May 8 Lampedusa rescue to receive special award by Open University of Human Rights (LUNID) (ANSA 22.6.)

June 22/23

1300* sSAfricans

(ANSA 22./23.6.,

CdS 23.6.)

PACE to investigate the death of over 1000 Mediterranean migrants

(ANSA 23.6.)

PACE appoints Dutch Tineke Strik to head inquiry into disappearance of over 1,000 "boat people" in the Mediterranean since January 2011 (PACE 23.6.)

June 23/24: Luxemburg EU summit decides to strengthen FRONTEX

(EUS 23.6.)

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 235 sSAfricans escorted by AFM

(ANSA 18.6.)

Pantelleria: Arrival of 100 sSAfricans

(ANSA 17.6.)

June 19: Malmström inaugurates European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in Malta (ToM 20.6.)

UNHCR's Angelina Jolie visits Lampedusa (ANSA 19.6.)

June 17: Italy signs migration agreement with Libyan NTC (ANSA 17.6., ToM 20.6.)

June 14/15

290 sSAfricans

19 Tunisians

(ANSA 14./15.6.)

UNHCR: 1500 Libyans refugees missing this year

(ToM 14.6., NZZ 7.6.)

June 12/13: Libyan tug boat intercepted by AFM; crew arrested

(ToM 13.6.)

June 10/11

917 sSAfricans

230 Tunisians

(ANSA 10./11.6.,

 NZZ/ToM 11.6.)

Maltese SRR: "Poseidon" vessel from Iceland rescues 93 Egyptians taken to Greece (ToM 11.6.)

June 9: Luxemburg Council of Home Affairs gets Malmström proposals for migration agreements with North African states (ANSA 25.5.)

CoE: 1400 migrants missing this year (ToM 8.6.)

1650 migrants drowned so far (NZZ 3.6.)

CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg calls for increased surveillance along Libyan coast (ToM 8.6.)

Maltese response: We rescued 1530 people since Libyan crisis started

(ToM 7./9.6.)

Franco Frattini: Malta generally passive (ToM 7.6.)

Otranto (Apulia): Arrival of 100 sSAfricans

(ANSA 2.6.)

June 1: 76 sSAfricans from Misurata (Libya) rescued by AFM

(ToM 2.6.)

June 2:  A Libyan boat with 870 aboard hits sandbank off Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia). About 600 persons rescued but TCG in rough sea end in stampede and capsizing of boat

(PdT 1./5.6., TAP 1./4.6., ToM 2./4.6., NZZ 3./5.6.)

270 missing (ANSA 2.6., NZZ 3./5.6.)

26 corpses recovered by TCG (ANSA/FE 5.6.)