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Arrivals 2013 month: 1'828 2013 cumul.: 7'013 2012 month: 853 2012 cumul.: 2'060
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Arrivals 2013 month: 4'838 2013 cumul.: 10'131 2012 month: 818 2012 cumul.: 3'954
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Arrivals 2013 month: 389 2013 cumul.: 1'676 2012 month: 411 2012 cumul.: 1'477
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Victims 2013 month: 11 2013 cumul.: 123 2012 month: 46 2012 cumul.: 212
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Total Arrivals month: 7'055 cumul.: 18'820 Tunisia: 109 Libya: 13'216 other: 5'495
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Storms over Southern Italy
Sea and air transfer of 200 migrants to Sicily
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Catania (Sicily): Arrival of 110 Egyptians and Syrians abandoned by traffickers and rescued by GdF under difficult conditions; 4 Egyptians arrested for trafficking
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.
Siracusa (Sicily): 200 Syrians rescued by military vessel, GC and GdF ANSA 28.8.
Trapani (Sicily): Italian merchant ship, at night, rescues 109 sSAfricans in rough seas off Libyan coast
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AFM rescue 115 sSAfricans from sinking rubber dinghy
AFM rescue 84 sSAfricans in night operation MT 27.8. |
UNHCR Libya Update reports 3'044 departures from Libya during |
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Italian navy rescues 200 sSAfricans at night and in rough seas ANSA 26.8.
GC rescues 210 sSAfricans in night operation
22 Tunisians stopped by carabinieri after landing
GC rescues 116 Somalis from sinking rubber dinghy Rep 24.8.
New ministerial regulations permit immediate transfer of migrants to Sicily
Naval vessel and GC rescue 233 Egyptians
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Siracusa (Sicily): 99 Eritreans rescued at night by merchant vessel and GC arrive in port
Portopalo (Sicily): 140 migrants rescued by military and FRONTEX vessel Rep 24.8. / ANSA 24.8.
Siracusa (Sicily): GdF intercept boat with 140 Syrians off Ognina and escort it into harbour
Ognina (Siracusa): Authorities stop 67 Syrians after arrival
Porto Empedocle (Sicily): GC and GdF rescue 336 Eritreans; 200 manage to escape
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Late summer storm hitting Central Med |
19 Egyptians who arrived at Catania on 19 August returned by Egyptair on 21 August despite official denial
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
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Noto (Siracusa): Arrival of 150 Syrians; three Egyptians arrested for trafficking
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
Siculiana (Sicily): Surprise night arrival of approx. 30 migrants; 15 stopped by police
Pachino (Sicily): Arrival of another 150 Syrians during the night Rep 19.8.
Pozzallo (Sicily): GC rescues 95 East Africans from sinking rubber dinghy BS 17.8.
Portopalo (Sicily): GC escorts 253 Eritreans into harbour
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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. |
Italian president praises public for assisting migrants at Pachino |
105 sSAfricans rescued by GC AF 16.8.
Carabinieri intercept boat with 16 migrants
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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
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
Catania (Sicily): Arrival of another 100 Syrians & Egyptians ANSA 11.8. / Rep 12.8.
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Monasterace (Calabria): 45 of the 80 Egyptians repatriated by air
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.
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.
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Arrival of 85 migrants after rescue by GC
Rescue of 103 Somalis by merchant and military vessels; two victims reported; two arrested for migrant smuggling
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Siracusa (Sicily): GC takes 40 Syrians into harbour
Catania (Sicily): Arrival of 120 Syrians & Egyptians; vessel hits sandbank; six drown trying to make it ashore ANSA 10.8.
Porto Empedocle (Sicily): Arrival of 235 sSAfrican migrants
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
Siracusa (Sicily): Arrival of 200 sSAfricans rescued by GdF ANSA 8.8. / Rep 9.8.
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'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.
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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
77 migrants rescued by fishing vessel and GC
Arrival of 9 Tunisians
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
92 migrants taken ashore by GC AF 4.8.
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
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Siracusa (Sicily): GdF intercepts 50-plus migrants
'Salamis' headed for Syracuse after Italian-Maltese talks; 102 sSAfricans disembarked MT 7.8. / ANSA 7.8. / ANSA 7.8.
Siracusa (Sicily): Surprise arrival of approx. 100 Eritreans during the night; majority disperse
Siracusa (Sicily): GC intercepts 90 migrants off Pozzallo
Crotone (Calabria): 22 Syrians detected by FRONTEX airplane and intercepted by GdF; two suspected of trafficking
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
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AFM rescue 86 sSAfricans in distress at sea
Cecilia Malmström urges Malta to let 102 'Salamis' migrants disembark as soon as possible
Malta tells 'Salamis' (with 102 migrants) to head for 'nearest safe port'
Medical evacuation by AFM of three women and a child from a dinghy headed for Italy
Surprise landing of 100 sSAfricans at Delimara |
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 |
Cecilia Malmström proposes forum to consider intra-EU relocation of bene-ficiaries of international protection to be held in the fall MT 1.8.
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