Arrivals

2013   month:      0

2013   cumul.:     0

2012   month:       0

2012   cumul.:     72

Arrivals

2013   month:     76

2013   cumul.:   318

2012   month:       86

2012   cumul.:     192

Arrivals

2013   month:    0

2013   cumul.:   0

2012   month:     0

2012   cumul.:   68

Victims

2013   month:      1

2013   cumul.:     1

2012   month:       0

2012   cumul.:     55

Total Arrivals

month:     76

cumul.:   318

Tunisia:      20

Libya:         35

other:       263

 Winter hits Italy and Mediterranean

Sciacca (Sicily): 20 North-Africans detected after nightly arrival  ANSA 27.2.

According to UNHCR reports 30 per cent of the 16,617 mi-grants arriving in Malta since 2002 remain on the island  ToM 19.2. 

Sciacca (Sicily): Dead immigrant found along beach; possible debarkation victim ANSA 24.2. 

EU Commission announces move toward 'smart borders' including Entry/Exit System (EES) and Registered Traveller Programme (RTP)

   EUCOM 28.2. / EUCOM 28.2.

 24/25 February: Italian Parliamentary elections 

 Meeting of EU High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration; Proceedings  EUCL 22.2. 

Ali Larayedh trying to form new Tunisian government   TAP 22.2.

Tunisian PM Hamadi Jebali resigns 

  TAP 19.2. 

 Lampedusa migration museum becomes reality

ANSA 11.2.

Crotone (Calabria): GC rescues 41 migrants from a sinking sailing boat; a Ukrainian age 38 arrested for migrant smuggling

   ANSA 17.2. / ANSA 18.2.

Brindisi (Apulia): Arrest of 15 'Asians' (14 Pak. and 1 Afg.)

 hiding in two trucks arriving from Greece by ferry

  ANSA 11.2.

Snow and cold in Apulia

ANSA 11.2. 

 Inauguration of the new Maritime Squad (and SAR) HQ at Hay Wharf, Valletta

 AFM 14.2.

Stormy Mediterranean

20 'harragas' stopped by naval unit of Tunisian National Guard

  FFM 17.2. / BE 21.2.

Catania state attorney investigates 48 individuals suspected of organized migrant smuggling; arrest of a Somali in Torino  ANSA 14.2. 

Paris conference on Libyan security stresses need for immediate action on disarmament and border control

LH 12.2. / HRW 12.2.

Libyan and Maltese foreign ministers meet in Tripoli ahead of Paris summit on Libyan security   LH 10.2. 

 ToM 10.2.

Snowfall in Calabria

ANSA 8.2. 

5'000 UNHCR registered Syrian re-fugees in Libya; actual figure said to be much higher  LH 5.2.

Benghazi’s illegal immigrant detention centre attacked and its administrative offices torched 

  LH 3.2.  

Tunisia observes day of national mour-ning as UGTT calls for general strike

following assassination of Chokri Belaid

TAP 8.2.  

 Libyan and Italian defense ministers meet; Italy presents Libya with 20 Italian PUMA armoured vehicles

  LH 6.2. / TP 7.2.

HRW releases annual report on situation in Libya  HRW 6.2.