Arrivals

2013   month:     1'835

2013   cumul.:  11'268

2012   month:      1'072

2012   cumul.:      3'457

Arrivals

2013   month:      4'784

2013   cumul.:   20'034

2012   month:           520

2012   cumul.:        5'187

Arrivals

2013   month:      317

2013   cumul.:   1'993

2012   month:         -

2012   cumul.:     1'568

Victims

2013   month:    624

2013   cumul.:   765

2012   month:         0

2012   cumul.:     292

Total Arrivals

month:      6'936

cumul.:   33'295

Tunisia:             6

Libya:         6'553

other:            377

Surprise arrival at night of 170 Eritreans travelling on a rubber dinghy 

 ANSA 31.10. / Rep 31.10. 

Augusta (Sicily): Debarkation of 317 migrants rescued by naval unit   ANSA 31.10. 

 Catania (Sicily): Navy rescues two boats with 199 migrants and takes them to Catania

Rep 30.10. / video Rep !

Trapani (Sicily): Arrival of 108 migrants rescued by Italian cargo ship  Rep 30.10.

Porto Empedocle (Sicily): Disembarkation of 226 migrants rescued during last 24 hours

ANSA 30.10.

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 246 migrants, including 41 West-Africans, rescued by navy and GC south of Lampedusa

 Rep 29.10. / ANSA 28.10.

ANSA 28.10. / video !!

Crotone (Calabria): GdF intercept 55 'Asians' and arrest Egyptian for trafficking 

  ANSA 27.10.

Augusta (Sicily): Navy, as part of 'Mare Nostrum', rescues 408 sub-Saharan Africans 

 ANSA 27.10.

stormy Mediterranean

41 migrants rescued in joint Maltese-Italian operation

and taken ashore by AFM

AFM 29.10. / MT 29.10.

Bodies of 87 migrants found in Niger after vehicle broke down in

attempt to cross the Sahara 

  BBC 31.10. 

Libyan Coast Guard rescues 240 migrants on two boats 

UNHCR October Update

FTDES reports that the fate of missing

'harragas' is still unknown

TAP 31.10.

Large-scale training of Libyan military by Italy, US and UK  LH 31.10. 

UNHCR reports 3'876 October de-partures from Libya leaving on 19 boats; my count is at least 6'000 departures on 35 boats

  UNHCR October Update

 Italy demands CSDP operation against irregular migration  B2 30.10. 

GC rescue another 200 Eritreans & Syrians 30 NM south of island  BS 25.10.

 ANSA 25.10.

 GdF and GC rescue 127

Eritreans & Syrians 7 NM in rough seas south of island

ANSA 24.10.  / Rep 25.10.

Pozzallo (Sicily): GC rescues 137 Syrians 100 NM south-east of Portopalo  ANSA 26.10.

video Rep 

 318 Eritreans and Syrians rescued by navy; uncertain

info on disembarkation 

  Rep video / video !!!

AF 26.10.

Media report approx. 800 arrivals; details uncertain; one person drowns during rescue 

 ANSA 25.10. / ANSA 25.10.

BS 26.10.

Siracusa (Sicily): 250 migrants (mostly Syrians) rescued by navy and taken ashore by GC

 ANSA 22.10. 

ANSA 22.10. / Rep 22.10.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC rescue 254 Syrians near Portopalo di Cap Passero   ANSA 20.10. / video

Unrest among newly-arrived migrants because some want to be sent to Italy

  ToM 17.10.

US warship rescues 129 sSAfricans off Libyan coast and heads for Malta 

 MT 17.10. / AFM 17.10.

B2 17.10. 

AFM publish pictures and video of 11 October accident  MT 23.10.

Funeral ceremony held at Agrigento for 3 October victims; survivors at Lampedusa protest because excluded   ToM 22.10.

Boat with 128 Eritreans intercepted by Libyan forces 

 UNHCR October Update  

 A further Egyptian arrested suspected of migrant smuggling in connection with 8 October Pozzallo landing   ANSA 21.10.

Two decomposed female bodies found off Lampedusa dating back to late August  BS 20.10.

Italy starts operation 'Mare Nostrum' aimed at greater naval and air presence in the Central Med

ANSA 18.10. / AF 19.10.

 FFM 28.10. / FFM 23.10.

 EU Council Summit of 24/25 October: four measures to guide new Task Force on irregular migration; report by December EUCOM 25.10. / MT 25.10.

Giusi Nicolini and Sicily Governor Rosario Crocetta meet EU PL President Martin Schulz in Brussels  BS 24.10.

 EUCJH approves EUROSUR operating rules  EUCJH 22.10.   

UNHCR reports that Syrians are now largest group of refugees reaching Italy by sea  UNHCR 18.10. 

250 Eritreans rescued by merchant ship and GC

ANSA 15.10. / BS 15.10. 

80 migrants rescued off island   ANSA 15.10.

Surprise arrival of 137

Syrians in early morning hours; two Tunisians and one Algerian arrested for trafficking  ANSA 14.10.

Rep 14.10.  

Pozzallo (Sicily): Arrival of 108 sSAfricans rescued at night by merchant ship from leaking

rubber dinghy  ANSA 16.10. 

Lecce (Apulia): 12 Pakistanis rescued off Santa Maria di Leuca

 ANSA 15.10. / photo

Trapani (Sicily): 6 Tunisians rescued by GdF off Marsala

  ANSA 15.10.

Pozzallo (Sicily): 80 migrants rescued off Libyan coast by merchant ship  ANSA 15.10. 

BS 15.10.

 Pozzallo (Sicily): 152 Somalis and Syrians rescued by merchant ship  Rep 14.10. 

 BS 14.10.

Reggio Calabria: 221 Syrians rescued by GdF and taken to port by navy vessel; 18 arrested for trafficking

   ANSA 13.10. / ANSA 14.10. 

Autumn storms

174 Syrians rescued by oil tanker in international waters off Libyan coast and taken back to Libya

LH 13.10. 

Six Mediterranen EU members object to new FRONTEX rules as proposed by

Commission and submitted to Council  ANSAmed 15.10. / ToM 16.10. 

SDZ 18.10.

Sicily governor declares state of emergency given the large number of migrants to deal with  BBC 15.10. 

According to Italian Interior Ministry

25'000 refugees have been rescued at sea so far  ANSAmed 15.10.

 FRAN Q2 Report published

FRONTEX

Italy steps up migrant boat patrols; PM Letta says an "air and naval package"  starts today south of Sicily

BBC 14.10. 

Maltese PM Muscat visits Libya and

discusses migration with PM Ali Zeidan  MT 13.10. / LH 13.10.

 Small boat with 14 Somalis and Eritreans rescued by navy; helicopter takes one person to hosptial 

 NASA 12.10. / SM 14.10.

 183 migrants intercepted

one mile outside harbor

Rep 12.10. / SM 12.10.

 Boat with 250 (possibly 400) migrants, mostly Syrians, capsizes 60 NM south of Lampedusa; Maltese and Italian SAR cooperation; 56 survivors taken to Italy, 147 to Malta; 34 dead reported,

possibly over 200

MT 11.10. / AFM 11.10. 

 ANSA 11.10. / BBC 11.10.

BS 12.10. / GL 12.10.

LH 12.10. / MT 23.10.

 Espresso 21.10.

MT 1.12. / MT 4.12.

 MInd 16.12. / MT 18.12.

photos Rep / MT 14.1.14

 124 migrants transferred to Sicily  ANSA 10.10.

Navy vessels rescue 180 mi-grants   Rep 12.10. 

 CdM 12.10.

503 migrants rescued by mer-chant ships from five different boats, assisted by GC and taken to various ports in Sicily

   ANSA 11.10. / BS 11.10.

Siracusa (Sicily): GC intercept 72 Syrians travelling on a sailing boat leaving from Turkey

 ANSA 8.10. 

Pozzallo (Sicily): 141 Syrians rescued by merchant ship

ANSA 8.10. / ANSA 21.10.

Catania (Sicily): Arrival of 250 Syrians rescued by merchant ship  ANSA 8.10. / ANSA 8.10.  

AFM take 147 Syrians rescued south of Lampedusa (plus 4 victims) to Malta

  ToM 12.10.  / AFM 12.10.

Southern Italy hit by storms

Reports about Libyan coast guard

firing at migrant boat that sank south of Lampedusa  MT 12.10. 

A total of 360-370 victims of 3 October 'Conigli' accident recovered 

Rep 12.10. / ANSA 12.10. 

ANSA 13.10. / AF 21.10.

35 year old Tunisian trafficker

accused of organizing Lampedusa disaster voyage  ANSA 11.10.

  Arrest of three Egyptians in connec-tion with 8 October Pozzallo arrival   ANSA 10.10. / ANSA 21.10.

 Tunisian police prevent irregular migration departure to Italy

TAP 10.10.

 Libyan PM Zeidan 'kidnapped' and released   BBC 10.10. / LH 10.10.

 MEPs call for solidarity and EU policy for legal migration  EUPL 10.10.

EU Parliament adopts new EUROSUR

operating rules

EUPL 10.10. / EUCOM 9.10. 

 MT 10.10.

At Luxemburg EUCJH meeting

Malmström proposes extensive SAR operation headed by FRONTEX

 ANSA 8.10. / EUCOM 8.10. & 9.10.

At upcoming EUCJH meeting Malta to propose Task Force against traffi-ckers behind irregular migration 

 ToM 8.10.  

In Tripoli Italy and Libya sign coast guard cooperation agreement 

CdM 8.10.

Arrival of 463 sSAfricans  Rep 3.10. 

Boat capsizes and catches fire off Conigli; so far 155 sSAfricans (Eritreans)

rescued, over 200 missing

 and 94 found dead 

  Rep 3.10. / BBC 3.10.  

  photos Rep

 122 migrants transferred

 by air to Bari and Foggia; 

870 migrants remain at

center  AF 2.10. 

Portopalo (Sicily): GC rescues 120 Syrians reacting to mer-

chant vessel alert CdM 5.10.

Palmi (Calabria): Arrival of 44 'Asians' (including Syrians) 'un- loaded' on beach by merchant vessel from Turkey  ANSA 5.10.

Pozzallo (Sicily): GC and merchant vessel rescue 60 Syrian migrants

   video Rep 4.10. !

 Siracusa (Sicily): 117 Syrians rescued by GC 

 Rep 3.10. / video !

Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia):

Carabinieri stop 45 'Asians' after arrival; no trace of boat or traffickers   ANSA 1.10.

Rep 2.10. 

rough weather   

Maltese court condems man behind maritime escape plot of 14 migrants  that ended in tragedy to five-and-a-half years in jail   ToM 7.10.

363 victims likely  BS 5.10. 

 Rough seas delay search for missing victims  BBC 4.10. / meteo

Italy mourns up to 300 migrant dead. At least 103 bodies recovered;

many more trapped in vessel, which sank less than 1km offshore. Over 

150 rescued, but another 200 on board the 20m boat unaccounted for

 BBC 4.10. / BBC 5.10. / Rep video

Arrest of 7 Syrians suspected of migrant smuggling in connection with 13 Eritrean fatalities of 30 Sept. 

 ANSA 1.10. / Rep 1.10. / BS video

FRONTEX update mentions 31'000 arrivals for Central Mediterranean; my figures is around 26'000 or 20% less

  FRONTEX 5.10. 

Angelino Alfano: "This is not an Italian tragedy, this is a European tragedy...

Lampedusa has to be considered the frontier of Europe, not the frontier of Italy."  ANSA 3.10. / BBC 4.10.

European Commission reaction to Lampedusa tragedy   EUCOM 3.10.

Italian Ministry of the Interior reports 26'154 arrivals for Sicily, 11'686 of which for Lampedusa   Rep 1.10.