mediterranean migration
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Tunisia, Libya, Accidents, SAR,

Migrant Smuggling, Repatriation

 

Diplomacy, Politics, Law

 

Lampedusa

Italy South

 

Arrivals

2013 month:   1'048

2013 cumul.:  2'967

2012 month:         87

2012 cumul.:       849

 

 

Arrivals

2013   month:   1'885

2013   cumul.:   3'488

2012    month:     1'277

2012   cumul.:     2'252

 

 

Arrivals

2013   month:      41

2013   cumul.:    310

2012   month:      258

2012   cumul.:     972

 

 

Victims

2013   month:        9

2013   cumul.:      78

2012   month:          8

2012   cumul.:      108

 

 

Total Arrivals

month:    2'974

cumul.:   6'765

Tunisia:        73

Libya:      4'359

other:      2'333

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Integration Minister Kyenge inspects Lampe-dusa Center  ANSA 25.6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 45 sSAfrican migrants rescued by GC 20 NM off the island from a sinking rubber dinghy

 ANSA 21.6. / CdM 21.6.

 

 

 

Italian Interior Ministry reports

 doubling of arrivals compared to first six months of 2012; 7913

all told, 3648 at Lampedusa

ANSA 29.6.

 

 

Catanzaro (Calabria): 59 Egyptians rescued by GdF and police after hitting sandbank; two traffickers arrested  ANSA 26.6. 

ANSA 27.6. 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 55 Afghans and Somalis at Capo Passero  ANSA 25.6. 

 

 

 Siracusa (Sicily): GC rescues 283 Eritreans near Capo Passero

travelling four days from Libya on a totally overloaded boat 

 Rep 24.6. photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Reacting to an emergecny call GC, GdF and naval vessel rescue 163 sSAfricans in a night operation south of Pozzallo

ANSA 22.6. 

 

 Strong wind warning

ToM 29.6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 73 Malta migrants return voluntarily; 250 since 2009

MT 25.6.

 

310 arrivals since January Malta government announ-ces; 272 from Somalia

  MT 24.6. 

 

Libya seeks OSCE membership

LH 29.6. 

 

 

 

 Joint Libyan-French naval exercise

LH 27.6.

 

 

 

Maltese facing trial for fatal migrant 

smuggling seven years ago 

 MT 25.6. / MT 25.6. / MT 28.6.

 

 

 

Body of drowned sSAfrican and remains of rubber dinghy found near Zarzis, Tunisia     TAP 24.6. 

 

 

Benghazi Naval Base acquires new French speedboat to protect Libya’s coastline  LH 23.6.

 

Reports about flow of illegal immi-grants accross southern Libyan bor-

ders exaggerated, PM Zeidan says

LH 23.6.

 

 

   

Amnestry International reports that Libyan migrant detention conditions are 'deplorable'  LH 21.6. / AI 20.6.

 

  

 

 

 

 

PM Muscat threatens Maltese veto to press for EU solidarity on migrationn issue; favors disembarkation at 'safe ports'   ToM 26.6. / MT 26.6.

 

 

  

 PM Larayedh meets J. M. Barroso in Brussels; 'priviledged partnership'

discussed      TAP 25.6.

 

 Nouri Abusahmain elected Libyan GNC president  WP 25.6.

 

 

 

 

 

Maltese PM Muscat visits Libya; irregular migration a topic discussed

MT 23.6.

 

  

 

Migrants transferred to mainland; 529 remaining  ANSA 19.6. / ANSA 20.6.

 

97 sSAfricans rescued by commercial ship off Libyan coast and taken ashore by GC   ANSA 19.6. 

transfer video Rep

 

1000 migrants at Lampe-dusa center ANSA 18.6.

 

In a night operation GC rescues 259 sSAfricans travelling on two rubber dinghies ANSA 18.6.

 

 Arrival of 1'200 migrants over weekend; half in Lampedusa, half in Sicily  Rep 17.6. / MT 17.6.

Rep 17.6.

 

Reception center, built for 300, now holds 855

ANSA 17.6. 

 

Arrival at night of two boats with a total of 161 sSAfrican migrants

  ANSA 17.6.  

good Rep video

 

 

 

 

 

Unrest at Porto Empedocle (Agri-gento) reception center; 30 North Africans escape    ANSA 19.6. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pozzallo (Sicily): GC rescues 48 migrants at night  ANSA 17.6. 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

A total of 600 migrants arrived

along Sicilian coasts in two days

  ANSA 16.6. / Rep 16.6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1'890 migrants arrived in Malta during 2012; my count is 1'891   ToM 19.6. 

 

 

 

More than 90% of Malta mi-grants get refugee or humanitarian status, well above 28% EU average

   ToM 18.6. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFM rescue 23 migrants with engine trouble and deterio-rating conditions on board

MT 16.6. / AFM 16.6.

MT 17.6.

  

 

 

 

 

'Canale 13' SAR ecxercise of '5+5' Defence Initiative; participating units from Italy, Morocco, Libya, France, Tunisia, Algeria and Malta

  ToM 19.6. / AFM 19.6. / LH 21.6. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 sSAfricans arriving at Lampedusa re-port that 7 drowned while hanging onto a Tunisian tuna feeder

 ANSA 16.6. / GdS 16.6.

 SM 16.6.

 

World Refugee Day: Catherine Ashton statement  EUCOM 20.6. 

 

 

 

LIBE votes on new EUROSUR regulations   EUCOM 19.6. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Publication of EU Asylum figures for 2012   Eurostat 18.6.

 

 

 

 

   Libya on G8 agenda; PM Zeidan attends summit in Northern Ireland

LH 17.6. / LH 18.6.

 

 

 EUCOM submits 4th Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum

EUCOM 17.6. / EUCOM 17.6.

 

 

  

 300 sSAfrican migrants travelling on three rubber dinghies rescued by GC, naval and merchant vessel

 ANSA 15.6. / Rep 15.6.

ANSA 16.6. / video

 

 

 

perfect weather conditions

 

 

 

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): Nightly arrival of 160 'Asians' including Syrians and Egyptians

  ANSA 15.6. / video

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 60 Egyptians at Lido di Notto

Rep 15.6. / ANSA 15.6.

  

 

 Siculiana (Sicily): Nightly landing of 200 sSAfricans; 70 stopped, rest at large; one immigrant found dead 

 ANSA 14.6. / Rep 14.6.

 photos CdM

 

 

 

 Catanzaro (Calabria): Arrival of 58 'Asians'; two Turks arrested suspected of migrant smuggling  ANSA 11.6.
 

Bovalino (Calabria): Carabineri stop 68 Egyptians upon arrival

ANSA 10.6.  

 

 

   

 

Police stop 18 migrants at 4 AM near Cirkewwa; two Syri-ans and two Maltese charged with migrant smuggling

  MT 15.6. / ToM 16.6.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 Mali migrants rebel at Mineo  (Catania) center demanding speed-up in asylum procedure  ANSA 14.6.

 

One victim reported after landing near Siculiana  ANSA 14.6. 

  

 

 

Tunisian Draft Constitution formally submitted after 18 months of work

TAP 125.6. 

 

 

 

 

 

EUCL and EUPL reach provisional agreement on EUROSUR  EUCL 14.6.

 

 

According to Interior Ministry 4'391 migrants 'disembarked' in Italy during first five months  ANSA 13.6.

 

 

EU Parliament agrees on new asylum directives; Maltese reservations

 EUPL 11.6. / EUPL 12.6. / MT 12.6.

 

  

 

Rescue of 36 migrants in cooperation with Tunisian Coast Guard  Rep 9.6. 

  

 

Capo Passero (Sicily): GC and GdF rescue 250 Eritreans packed on a 15 m vessel; Maltese-Italian cooperation 

CdS 7.6.ANSA 8.6. / Rep 9.6.

 

 

 

 

 

 Bianco (Calabria): Arrival of 121 Afghans and Syrians travelling on a sailing boat   ANSA 5.6.

 

 Agrigento (Sicily): Nightly arrival of at least 21 sSAfricans (?) near Torre Salsa; search for more continues  ANSA 5.6.

 

 Pozzallo (Sicily): Port Authority and GdF help 119 Egyptians 

reach harbor 

 ANSA 4.6. / CdM 4.6. 

 

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Around 70 migrants (Egyptians?) intercepted and guided ashore  ANSA 1.6. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian authorities arrest four Egyptians suspected of migrant smuggling in connection with arrival of 73 arrivals in Siracusa  ANSA 2.6.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU JHA Council Meeting; briefing on

CEAS and Schengen/Dublin governance

 EUCL 7.6. / EUCL 7.6.

 

EUPL to discuss FRONTEX operation rules, including 'push-back' and disembarkation issue

  ToM 6.6. / HRW 6.6.