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Arrivals

2013 month:     1'828

2013 cumul.:    7'013

2012 month:         853

2012 cumul.:      2'060

 

 

Arrivals

2013 month:       4'838

2013 cumul.:     10'131

2012   month:         818

2012   cumul.:      3'954

 

 

Arrivals

2013 month:      389

2013 cumul.:   1'676

2012   month:       411

2012   cumul.:    1'477

 

 

Victims

2013 month:        11

2013 cumul.:     123

2012   month:       46

2012   cumul.:     212

 

 

Total Arrivals

month:      7'055

cumul.:   18'820

Tunisia:         109

Libya:       13'216

other:        5'495

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Storms over Southern Italy 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sea and air transfer of 200 migrants to Sicily  

    ANSA 27.8. 

 

 

Catania (Sicily): Arrival of 110 Egyptians and Syrians abandoned by traffickers and rescued by GdF under difficult conditions; 4 Egyptians arrested for trafficking

  ANSA 31.8. / ANSA 31.8.

 BS 31.8. / Rep 31.8.

ANSA 3.9.

 

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): GC and GdF intercept 130 Syrians and Somalis arriving on a fishing vessel from Greece  ANSA 31.8.

 

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Under difficult conditions and at night GC res-cues 70 Syrians ANSA 29.8.

Rep 29.8.

 

Siracusa (Sicily): 200 Syrians rescued by military vessel, GC and GdF   ANSA 28.8.

Rep 28.8.video & video

  ANSA 3.9.

 

Trapani (Sicily): Italian merchant ship, at night, rescues 109 sSAfricans in rough seas off Libyan coast 

ANSA 27.8. / Rep 28.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 AFM rescue 115 sSAfricans from sinking rubber dinghy

MT 28.8.

 

AFM rescue 84 sSAfricans

in night operation  MT 27.8.  

 

 

UNHCR Libya Update reports 3'044 departures from Libya during

 August; my count is approx. 5'000  UNHCR update 

 

 

Italian navy rescues 200 sSAfricans at night and in rough seas  ANSA 26.8.

 Rep 27.8.

 

 GC rescues 210 sSAfricans in night operation

 ANSA 26.8. / Rep video

CdM 26.8. 

 

 

 

22 Tunisians stopped by carabinieri after landing

ANSA 24.8.

 

GC rescues 116 Somalis from sinking rubber dinghy  Rep 24.8.

ANSA 24.8. / Rep video

 

 

 

New ministerial regulations permit immediate transfer of migrants to Sicily

  SM 21.8.

 

 

 Naval vessel and GC rescue 233 Egyptians

Rep 20.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): 99 Eritreans rescued at night by merchant vessel and GC arrive in port

 ANSA 25.8. / Rep 25.8. 

BS 25.8. / Rep video

 

Portopalo (Sicily): 140 migrants rescued by military and FRONTEX vessel  Rep 24.8. / ANSA 24.8.

 Rep video

 

 

  Siracusa (Sicily): GdF intercept boat with 140 Syrians off Ognina and escort it into harbour

 Rep 23.8. & video

 

 

 

Ognina (Siracusa): Authorities stop 67 Syrians after arrival

Rep 20.8.

 

Porto Empedocle (Sicily): GC and GdF rescue 336 Eritreans; 200 manage to escape

Rep 20.8.  / ANSA 20.8.

Rep video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late summer storm hitting Central Med

BS 21.8. / ToM 21.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 Egyptians who arrived at Catania on 19 August returned by Egyptair on 21 August despite official denial

 SM 21.8. /  SM 24.8. / SM 2.9.

 FFM 4.9.

 

 

 

EASO publishes Quarterly Asylum Report Q1 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Europa must not abandon Italy' declares Integration Minister Kyenge upon visiting the Capo Rizzuto Reception Center  Rep 21.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GC in a night operation (and with navy assis-tance) rescues 77 West Africans 40 NM south of island

BS 19.8. / ANSA 19.8.

 

 

 

 

 

Noto (Siracusa): Arrival of 150 Syrians; three Egyptians

arrested for trafficking

 ANSA 19.8.

 

Catania (Sicily): Boat with 100 Egyptians and Syrians guided ashore by GC; departure from Alexandria; 7 days at sea; 3 Egyptians arrested for migrant smuggling

   ANSA 19.8. / Rep 19.8. 

SM 20.8. / ANSA 22.8.

 

Siculiana (Sicily): Surprise night arrival of approx. 30 migrants; 15 stopped by police

ANSA 19.8. / AF 19.8.

 

Pachino (Sicily): Arrival of another 150 Syrians during the night  Rep 19.8.

195 migrants rescued by Tunisian trawler, GC and Italian naval ship 'Bettica'; Reggio Calabria disembarkation

  AF 17.8. / ANSA 17.8.

 BS 17.8. / ANSA 17.8.

 

Pozzallo (Sicily): GC rescues 95 East Africans from sinking

 rubber dinghy BS 17.8. 

 ANSA 17.8.

 

Portopalo (Sicily): GC escorts 253 Eritreans into harbour

 Rep 17.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palermo: Two Pakistanis accused of migrant smuggling in connection with 8.8. fatalies  GS 19.8.  

  

 

 

 

Tunisian Coast Guard rescues 46

migrants near Ben Guerdane (Mede-nine) and another 240 near Kerk-ennah, 47 of which are Tunisian

nationals  TAP 18.8. / FTDES 19.8.

RFI 20.8. / nawaat 20.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Italian president praises public for assisting migrants at Pachino

 Rep 17.8.

 

105 sSAfricans rescued by GC   AF 16.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carabinieri intercept boat with 16 migrants

  AF 14.8. / Rep 14.8. 

 

 

 

 

Pachino (Sicily): After hitting sandbank 160 Syrians and Egyptians are helped ashore by GC and vacationers

 ANSA 15.8.  / Rep video !

 

  Reggio Calabria: GdF intercepts sailing boat with 160 Syrians and Afghans aboard  ANSA 15.8.

 

280 sSAfricans rescued off Libya in three operations by GC and commercial vessels from Italy, Malta and Turkey

 ANSA 15.8.  MT 15.8.

Rep 16.8.

 

 Bova Marina (Calabria): Au-thorities stop 42 'North-Africans' after landing  ANSA 14.8.

 

Portopalo (Sicily): GdF guides 161 Egyptians and Syrians into harbour Rep 13.8. / CdM 13.8.

 

Monasterace (Calabria): Arrival

of 80 migrants from Egypt and Syria; some stopped on highway

ANSA 11.8. 

 

Catania (Sicily): Arrival of another 100 Syrians & Egyptians  ANSA 11.8. / Rep 12.8.

CdM 11.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monasterace (Calabria): 45 of the 80 Egyptians repatriated by air

ANSA 12.8. 

  

100 migrants conned by Libyan fraudsters into believing they were landing in Malta  LH 11.8. 

  

 

WatchTheMed starts new web-site

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Italian Interior Minister Alfano sees Lampedusa not as an Italian but as an all-European border issue  ANSA 15.8. 

 ANSAmed 15.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy conducted de facto 'push-back'

when, on 5 August, it ordered a mer-ant ship to take rescued sSAfricans  back to Libya  MaS 13.8.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrival of 85 migrants after rescue by GC

CdM 9.8. / Rep 9.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Rescue of 103 Somalis by merchant and military vessels; two victims reported; two arrested for migrant smuggling

ANSA 8.8. / Rep 9.8.

 GS 19.8.

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): GC takes 40 Syrians into harbour

  ANSA 10.8.

 

Catania (Sicily): Arrival of 120

Syrians & Egyptians; vessel hits sandbank; six drown trying to make it ashore    ANSA 10.8. 

BBC 10.8. / video Rep

 

Porto Empedocle (Sicily): Arrival of 235 sSAfrican migrants 

 Rep 9.8.   video !

 

Augusta (Sicily): Naval ship rescues 151 migrants (two by air) south of Lampedusa and takes them to Augusta  Rep 9.8.

 

Pozzallo (Sicily): Merchant vessel rescues 115 migrants (sSAfricans and 'Asians') off Libya and takes them directly to Pozzallo 

 ANSA 9.8. / Rep 10.8.


Roccella Ionica (Calabria): GdF intercepts 96 Syrians identifed by Icelandic airplane  ANSA 8.8.

 

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 200

sSAfricans rescued by GdF    ANSA 8.8. / Rep 9.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Thousands ready in Libya to depart for Europe'   Rep 10.8. video 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Around 150 migrants escape at night from Porto Empedocle reception center  AF 9.8.

 

 

 

Angelino Alfano, Italian Minister of the Interior, demands a European effort to stop 'human trafficking' across the Mediterranean   Rep 10.8. 

 

GC rescue 94 sSAfricans

Rep 7.8. / video

 

 

   

 

 77 migrants rescued by fishing vessel and GC

BS 6.8.

 

Arrival of 9 Tunisians

AF 6.8. 

 

 Italy instructs merchant ships to take rescued sSAfricans back to Libya but tanker 'Salamis'

continues voyage to Malta  ANSA 5.8.

   

Approx. 400 sSAfricans

rescued by two merchant ships and GC off Libya; 215 taken to Lampedusa

 ANSA 5.8. / Rep 5.8. 

  

  92 migrants taken ashore by GC  AF 4.8. 

 AW 5.8.

 

84 sSAfricans rescued at night by Italian navy   ANSA 4.8.

 

 90 Somalis rescued by merchant vessel and taken ashore by GdF, 3 victims reported 

 ANSA 4.8. / Rep video 

 

 

Siracusa (Sicily): GdF intercepts 50-plus migrants

ANSA 7.8. / BS 6.8.

  

 'Salamis' headed for Syracuse after Italian-Maltese talks; 102 sSAfricans disembarked

MT 7.8. / ANSA 7.8. / ANSA 7.8.

Rep 7.8. / video / BBC 7.8.

 

  

 

 

 

 Siracusa (Sicily): Surprise arrival of approx. 100  Eritreans during the night; majority disperse

ANSA 5.8. / Rep 5.8.

 

Siracusa (Sicily): GC intercepts 90 migrants off Pozzallo

ANSA 5.8. / Rep 5.8.

 

  

 

 

 

 Crotone (Calabria): 22 Syrians detected by FRONTEX airplane

and intercepted by GdF; two

suspected of trafficking

  ANSA 3.8. / ANSA 4.8. 

   

Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of around 100 Eritreans; 66 res-cued from a cliff, rest manage to escape  ANSA 3.8.

  

  

Roccella Ionica (Calabria): GdF and GC rescue 60 Syrians and Egyptians 30 NM off coast; three arrested for trafficking

 ANSA 3.8. / ANSA 1.8. 

 Rep video

 

 

   

 AFM rescue 86 sSAfricans in distress at sea

MT 7.8. / AFM 7.8.

 

 

 

Cecilia Malmström urges Malta to let 102 'Salamis' migrants disembark as soon as possible

MT 6.8. / EUCOM 6.8. 

MT/HCR 6.8.

 

 

 Malta tells 'Salamis'

(with 102 migrants) to head for 'nearest safe port'

  MT 5.8. / MT 5.8.  / MT 5.8.

 MT 6.8.

  

 Medical evacuation by AFM of three women and a child from a dinghy headed for Italy

  MT 5.8.

 

 

  

 

 

  

Surprise landing of 100 sSAfricans at Delimara

MT 4.8.

 

 

  

 

 

Tunisia prevents two illegal emigration attempts to Italian coasts from Nabeul and Bizerte   TAP 6.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tunisian Coast Guard thwarts attempt at illegal emigration near Sfax    TAP 5.8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Near Monastir Tunisian National Guard prevents 64 migrants from clandestine departure by sea

  TN 2.8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cecilia Malmström proposes forum to consider intra-EU relocation of bene-ficiaries of international protection to be held in the fall   MT 1.8.