Release of FRONTEX 2011 First Quarter Report (Q1) FRONTEX 21.7. 

French and Italian NGOs call for a Humanitarian Flotilla to help Mediterranean migrants (MaS/ToM 20.7.)

Bernardino Leon Gross appointed as EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean (EUCOM 20.7.)

Tunisian Caretaker Government is holding permanent consultations with host countries to find a radical solution to illegal immigration (TAP 15./19.7.)

July 18/19.: EU JHA Council meeting in Poland

July 17

231 sSAfricans

(BoE 17.7.)

Otranto (Apulia): Arrival or 16 migrants; pregnant woman taken to hospital

(CdS 17.7.)

Maltese discuss migration with Libyan NTC

(ToM 17.7.)

 Reggio di Calabria: 52 "Asian" arrivals on a sailing boat; 2 suspected of trafficking

(CdS 16.7.)

July 10/16: 111 sSAfrican migrants rescued by a Spanish NATO destroyer disembark in Tunisia after a week of negotiations between Italy, Malta, NATO & Spain (ToM 14.-16.7., CdS 16.7., MaS 12./14.7.)

EU parliamentary delegation visiting Tunisia issues report and calls for EU resettlement program

 (EUPL 15.7.)

 July 13

286 sSAfricans

(NZZ 13.7.)

Trapani (Sicily): 7 migrants intercepted by GC (ANSA 13.7.)

Crotone (Calabria): 25 "Asians" on an Austrian sailing boat; two Ukrainians arrested for trafficking (ANSA 13.7.)

13/16 July: EU Delegation visits Tunisia to assess migration situation

(ANSA 12.7., TAP 13.7.)

Pozzallo (Sicily): 68 refugees from Libya intercepted by GdF (ANSA 12.7.)

Tunisia investigates"disappearance" of 43 North-Africans after 2008 TCG interception

(ANSAmed 12.7.)

3000 Tunisians repatriated from Italy since 5 April (ANSA 12.7.)

July 8/11

1364 sSAfricans

21 Tunisians

(ANSA 9.-11.7.,

 CdS/NZZ 9.7.)

Catanzaro (Calabria): 43 Arab migrants intercepted by GdF (ANSA 11.7.)

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrest of 14 traffickers  related to July 7 landing (CdS 11.7.)

S. Antioco (Sardinia): 15 Tunisians intercepted by GC (ANSA 9.7.)

Pantelleria: Arrival of 100 Tunisians (ANSA 9.7.)

Gallipoli (Apulia): 40 "Asians" intercepted; Turk arrested for trafficking (ANSA 8.7.)

Soverato (Calabria): Arrival of 54 "Asians" (ANSA 5.7.)

July 2/4

304 sSAfricans

55 Tunisians

(ANSA 4.7., CdS 2./4.7.)