Arrivals

2014 month        0  

2014 cumul.        0

2013 month       644

2013 cumul.      644

Arrivals

2014 month    4'633

2014 cumul.  10'220

2013 month         363

2013 cumul.         681

Arrivals

2014 month   90   

2014 cumul.   90

2013 month   102

2013 cumul.   102

Victims

2014 month       1

2014 cumul.     12

2013 month        43

2013 cumul.       44

Total Arrivals

2014 month    4'723

2014 cumul.  10'310

2013 month       1'109

2013 cumul.       1'427

Augusta (Sicilia): Navy rescues 128 migrants of various nationality off Capo Passero travelling on an oberloaded boat  BS 27.3. / ANSA 27.3.

Roccella Jonica (Calabria): GC rescues 98 migrants of various nationality in difficult circum-stances   ANSA 25.3.

Porto Empedocle (Sicily): GC rescues 239 sSAfricans south of Lampedusa with 83 children aboard  BS 21.3.

AFM rescue 90 migrants travelling on a rubber dinghy 25 NM north of Gozo 

AFM 21.3. / MT 21.3.  

According to 'The Migrants Files'

23'000 persons died trying to cross the Mediterranean since 2000   ANSA 31.3. / detective.io

 'The Migrants Files'

UNHCR report about 'Mare Nostrum' operation  UNHCR 21.3. 

British ambassador urges Libyan government to improve conditions in migration detention centers

LH 21.3.

US criticizes Malta's 'harsh treatment' of asylum seekers  MT 28.3.

 Publication of EASO March newsletter

EASO

Malta and Bulgaria have hightest rate of asylum application approvals in EU, 85% and 87%  ToM 25.3.

 435'000 new EU asylum applications in 2013 compared to 335'000  in 2012

EUROSTAT 24.3.

Italian Interior Minister Alfano demands more EU support to handle

Sicilian migration problems  BS 22.3. 

 Publication of draft paper on 'future cooperation in the area of Migration and Mobility in the framework of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership' 

  EUCL 21.3.

Augusta/Pozzallo (Sicily): In three days 4'000 sSAfricans & Syrians rescued by navy, GC and mer-chant vessels; arrest at Pozzallo of three Tunisians suspected of migrant smuggling; one person found dead

BS 21.3. / SM 20.3. / BS 21.3.

ANSA 20.3. / BS 20.3. / BS 19.3. 

 ANSA 19.3. / Rep 19.3.

 ANSA 18.3. / BS 18.3.  

Reggio Calabria: GdF rescues 48 migrants travelling on a sailing boat; arrest of 3 Ukrainians for migrant smuggling  ANSA 19.3.

Brindisi (Apulia): Police discover 15 migrants (13 Somalis and 2 Pakistani) hidden in a Bulgari-an vehicle arriving by ferry

ANSA 11.3.

Libyan Coast Guard rescues 348

sSAfricans on two boats off Tripoli  LH 20.3. 

UNHCR claims that during the past 36 hours 4'337 migrants landed in Italy  ANSA 20.3.

 According to Italian Interior Ministry 8'500 migrants landed so far this year and 42'925 in all of 2013  ANSA 19.3.

10'134 migrants rescued since Mare Nostrum started last year  BS 18.3.

 NGOs criticize EU-Tunisian Mobility Partnership signed earlier in month

FFM 17.3.

 Libyan PM Zeidan replaced by care-taker PM Abdullah Thinni  LH 12.3.

Libyan PM Zeidan loses parlia-mentary vote of confidence  LH 11.3.

Augusta (Sicily): Arrival of 105 sSAfricans departing from Libya; arrest of two persons suspected of organized migrant smuggling  ANSA 4.3.  

BS 4.3.

EUBAM officers (from Malta) train Libyans in modern SAR techniques

LH 5.3. 

The EU's Economic and Social (Advisory) Committee proposes new rules governing the disembarkation and resettlement of migrants

 EESC 6.3. 

Tunisia lifts three-year state of emergency  TAP 6.3.

 Malta Human Rights Report mentions migration  ToM 5.3.

Italian PM Renzi visits Tunisia; migration a topic  ANSAmed 4.3.

TAP 4.3.

According to government sources 5'611 migrants landed in Sicily by the end of February    CdM 4.3.

EU JHA Council Meeting discussing migration and related issues

EUCL 3.3.

EU and Tunisia establish mobility partnership  EUCOM 3.3.

Socialist platform for upcoming EU Parliamentary elections calls for greater burden sharing in the area of migration  MT 1.3.