Arrivals

2014 month   965      

2014 cumul.   996        

2013 month   2'218      

2013 cumul.   5'185  

Arrivals

2014 month  20'735

2014 cumul.  80'021   

2013 month       1'805 

2013 cumul.       5'293

Arrivals

2014 mon.    81

2014 cum.  306   

2013 mon.    977   

2013 cum.  1'287    

Victims

2014 month    467

2014 cumul.    900      

2013 month        34   

2013 cumul.      112

Total Arrivals

2014 month    21'781

2014 cumul.    81'323

2013 month         5'000 

2013 cumul.       11'765  

 Palermo: Arrival of 95 migrants of various nationality rescued by tanker  BS 31.7. / Rep 31.7.

Crotone: GC and GdF rescue 43 migrants of various nationality

ANSA 31.7.

Pozzallo: Arrival of 259 migrants rescued by navy; seven Egyptians arrested  BS 31.7.  / ANSA 2.8.

Augusta: Arrival of 382 migrants rescued by navy  BS 31.7.

Porto Empedocle: Arrival of 112 sSAfricans aboard Liberian freighter   ANSA 30.7. / BS 30.7.

Pozzallo: 192 migrants rescued by navy; three 'scafisti' apprehended 

 ANSA 30.7. / BS 30.7. / ANSA 31.7.

Roccella Jonica: Guardia Costiera rescues 65 Syrians departing from Turkey   ANSA 30.7.

 Taranto: 404 Syrians rescued by naval unit from an overloaded fishing vessel  BS 29.7. / ANSA 30.7.

Brindisi: Oil tanker picks up 114 Somali migrants off Libyan coast  ANSA 29.7. / ANSA 30.7.

Navy rescues 80 migrants at night south of Lampedusa   BS 29.7.

Libyan coast guard rescues 22 migrants 100 km East of Tripoli; 150 on board; 20 victims reported, rest missing  ANSA 30.7. / BS 30.7.

 LH 30.7.  

Massive flow of Libyan refugees across Tunisian border   TAP 29.7. 

Augusta: Navy rescues 156 migrants

BS 28.7.

Pozzallo: Arrival of a Greek merchant ship with 305 Syrian migrants; arrest of four 'scafisti' 

  BS 27.7. / BS 27.7. / ANSA 27.7. 

Augusta: Disembarkation of 867 migrants rescued during the last two days    BS 26.7.

Pozzallo: Arrival of 97 migrants rescued from sinking rubber dinghy south of Lampedusa

BS 24.7. / BS 25.7.

Taranto: Arrival yesterday of 1'164 sSAfricans; arrest of two 'scafisti'  ANSA 24.7.

 A migrant age 20 who arrived on Saturday dies at Palermo hospital as a result of suffocation  BS 24.7.

620 migrants rescued by navy south of Lampedusa   BS 24.7.

Funeral at Pozzallo for 48 migrants who died crossing the Med

ANSA 23.7. 

According to the Italian Interior Ministry 81'000 migrants arrived during the first seven months; 130'000 expected by end of August  CdM 26.7. / BS 26.7.

UNHCR calls for European action to stop rising migrant deaths at sea   MT 24.7. 

368 migrants flown to vari-

ous Italian destinations   

ANSA 20.7. 

Crotone: Arrival of 100 migrants of different nationality rescued by merchant ship    ANSA 22.7. 

Augusta: Arrival of 607 migrants

BS 21.7.

Palermo: Arrival of 61 sSAfricans rescued by naval and merchant ships from sinking dinghy, including five dead bodies   ANSA 21.7.

 MT 21.7. / BS 22.7.

Four different rescues of 311, 247, 93 and 88 migrants respectively; navy reports 1'771 rescues in two days    BS 20.7. / ANSA 20.7. / MT 21.7.

 MM 21.7.

Palermo: Arrival of 100 migrants rescued by merchant ship   BS 20.7.

Messina: Arrival of Danish oil tanker with 566 Syrians and dead baby on board; 29 suffocated victims taken to Malta; 181 migrants missing; three Tunisian 'scafisti' arrested; five arrested for killing 60 passengers

ANSA 22.7. / BS 22.7. / BS 20.7. 

 BS 20.7. / ANSA 19.7. / BS 19.7.  BBC 19.7.

Pozzallo: Disembarkation of 203 Nigerians rescued by oil tanker off Libyan coast   BS 20.7.

Augusta: Arrival during the night of 350 migrants rescued by GC

 BS 19.7. / BS 19.7.   

Porto Empedocle: Arrival of merchant ship with 61 rescued sSAfricans; 41 said to have drowned off Libyan 

coast   BS 18.7. / BS 19.7.

29 suffocated victims brought to Malta. 81 migrants from separate rescue also arrive 

 BS 20.7. / MT 20.7. / AFM 20.7. 

 MT 19.7. / BS 19.7. / AFM 19.7.

56 Egyptian migrants dead or missing after boat capsizes off coast; 67 arrested last Tuesday trying to depart  Daily News Egypt  20.7. 

UNHCR publishes update of 'Central Mediterranean Sea Initiative'(CMSI)

UNHCR 22.7. 

 Unexpected arrival of 350 sSAfricans  ANSA 18.7. 

 CdM 18.7.

Arrival of 94 migrants

BS 18.7.

 3'510 migrants rescued in two days

ANSA 18.7.

Augusta: Disembarkation of 706 migrants   BS 18.7.

Pozzallo: Two arrivals, one with 251 migrants, another with 97

BS 18.7. / BS 18.7.

Navy rescues 427 more migrants

Asca 17.7. 

Two navy ships rescue 764 migrants during the night  BS 17.7.

Reggio Calabria: Arrival of 1'023 migrants rescued by navy; one casualty on board

BS 16.7. / ANSA 16.7.

Trapani: Arrival of 1'171 migrants rescued by navy in three days

 ANSA 16.7. / BS 16.7. 

 Naval ship rescues 104 migrants south of Lampedusa   BS 15.7.

Naval unit and Turk merchant ship rescue 12 migrants from a sinking rubber dinghy off Libyan coast; one casualty reported

 BS 15.7. / ANSA 15.7.   

FFM reports between 800 and 1'000

dead since end of April  FFM  16.7. 

Bodies of three dead sSAfricans found on beaches near Gabes (Tunisia)

 TAP 16.7. 

 Unconfirmed report of 100 casualties off Libya; could be migrants picked up by 'Sfinge' according to Blog Sicilia   FFM 16.7.

Laura Boldrini, Parliament Speaker, criticizes Italian government for not doing more for refugees   ANSAmed 18.7. 

UN Security Council condemns Libyan violence   LH 18.7. 

EU summit fails to fill two top jobs; will Juncker name a Commissioner for Migration?   BBC 17.7. 

  After airport attack Libyan government considers call for international inter-vention  BBC 15.7. / LH 15.7.

 GdF intercepts 47 North-Africans  AF 13.7.

1'080 migrants rescued in 12 hours

by four naval ships 

 BS 14.7. / BS 13.7.

Augusta: Arrival of 228 migrants rescued by navy   Rep 10.7. 

Pozzallo: Merchant ship rescues 107 sSAfricans  BS 9.7. / ANSA 9.7.

Palermo: Arrival of 350 migrants rescued by merchant ship  ANSA 9.7.

  BS 8.7.

Taranto: 1'353 migrants arrive rescued by Italian navy  ANSA 8.7.

 ANSA 9.7.

Pozzallo: Arrival of 298 Eritreans; arrest of a presumed 'scafista'

BS 8.7. / BS 9.7.

Trapani: Disembarkation of 601

Eritreans and Syrians   BS 8.7.  

Former AFM Brigadier Martin Xuereb, now heading a private migrant rescue venture, meets the press  MT 13.7. / LH 13.7.

UN evacuating remaining staff from Libya   MEO 14.7. 

Libya wants EU support to fight irregular migration  LH 11.7.

According to UNHCR the Libyan coast guard discovered 12 drowned mi-grants off Tripoli, search for missing continues; 12 more bodies found

LH 12.7. / BS 8.7.  

Alfano at Milan meeting of JHA Ministers: FRONTEX to help with 'Mare Nostrum'

 BS 9.7.

Malmström at Milan meeting: FRONTEX

cannot substitute Italy's 'Mare Nostrum' operation  ToM 9.7.

Malmström: EU has not abandoned Italy   BS 8.7. 

GC and navy rescue 354 sSAfricans; another 120 later in the day  BS 7.7. 

 BS 7.7. / Rep 7.7.

 Pozzallo: Arrival of 600 migrants rescued by navy  ANSA 7.7.

A total of 2'600 migrants rescued by navy during weekend  ANSA 7.7.

Catania: Disembarkation of 261 migrants rescued by navy  BS 6.7. 

Reggio Calabria: Arrival of 834 mi-grants (mixed composition) after rescue by navy   ANSA 4.7. / BS 3.7.

Crotone (Calabria): GdF rescues 40 Syrians and Somalis travelling on a rubber dinghy   ANSA 3.7.

Boat with 250 migrants spotted by navy   BS 2.7.

Pozzallo: Two navy ships arrive with a total of 919 migrants including 'barcone della morte'   ANSA 2.7.

Palermo: Disembarkation of 235 migrants rescued by merchant ship

BS 1.7.  

Libya and Malta sign MOU regulating, among other things, issues of migration

LH 6.7.

Italy fails to properly fingerpint refugees  The Republic 4.7. 

Libya creates new department to handle irregular migration  LH 4.7.

500 Syrians stranded at Milan railroad station after arriving by train from Reggio di Calabria   InfoOggi 4.7.

  The UNHCR reports that according to migrants arriving on the navy's 'Orione' at Catania 70 persons died while 27 could be rescued from a sinking boat; local authorities investigate   BS 2.7. / CdM 2.7.

Agrigento: Tunisian accused of involvement in 3 October Lampedusa accident with 366 victims   ANSA 2.7. 

Barroso welcomes PM Renzi and discusses Italian presidency for next six months; no mention of migration issue  EUCOM 4.7. 

EEAS position paper on Sahel-Saharan Border Management   EEAS 4.7.

PM Matteo Renzi addresses EU Parliament on migration  BS 2.7.