Monday, September 15, 2008

"AUGUST2008 DEATH ROLL-CALL"

Immigrants dead at the frontiers of Europe

According to the following press review at leat 12,907 people have died since 1988 along the european frontiers. Among them 4,892 were missing in the sea. 9,114 migrants died in the Mediterranean sea, and through the Atlantic Ocean towards Spain, and 1.609 lost their life trying to cross Sahara desert in order to reach Europe [read more...] [1988-2007 press review]

AUGUST 2008 - More landings, more victims. At least 270 migrants and refugees died at the EU gates the last month. It is the worst bulletin since the beginning of 2008: 179 of them between Libya, Malta and Italy. Victims also between Algeria and Sardinia (14), in Spain (45), Iran (30), Turkey (1) and along the Egyptian border with Israel (1). Meanwhile, the journey of Fortress Europe across the Mediterranean continues. After the reportage from Greece, Israel and Turkey we dedicate this monthly report to the worrying and unknown situation of undocumented migrants in Cyprus [...] [Archive]

12/09/08

Italy

At Brindisi one Afghan 16 years old were found dead inside a truck on the Ionian Quuen ferry coming from the Greek port of Igoumenitsa

Ansa

10/09/08

Antigua

The skeleton of 8 African migrants were found on a 12 meter wood craft going adrift about 7 miles off Falmouth Harbor. Several cell phones and a Malian passport were found, leading to suspect the travelers were sailing to Canary islands

Associated Press

09/09/08

Malta

A woman died moments before a German rescue helicopter reached a boat 60 miles off Malta to airlift her to Mater Dei hospital

Times of Malta

09/09/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead 2 migrants at the Israeli border, bringing to 22 the number of migrants killed at the frontier this year

Reuters

08/09/08

Spain

One migrant have died in the hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, in Gomera, after his arrival in the Canary islands

El Pais

05/09/08

Algeria

One body found at Oued Saboun, near Skikda, drowned on the way to Sardinia

Quotidien d'Oran

03/09/08

Malta

The tanker Johann Schulte rescued 85 shipwrecked migrants on a dinghy 97 miles south of Malta. They claimed to have lost 5 people

Times of Malta

04/09/08

Spain

The bodies of 14 migrants who died from hypothermia were found on a boat intercepted 5 miles from Canary islands. The survivors said they had been adrift for 12 days

El Pais

30/08/08

Algeria

14 migrants hailing from Skikda and Annaba provinces in eastern Algeria drowned in the open sea between Algeria and Sardinia after their boat overthrew

El Khabar

28/08/08

Tunisia

5 men drowned after their boat sank near the island of Zembra, off Sidi Da'ud

Tunisa Watch

28/08/08

Western Sahara

Moroccan authorities intercepted a migrants boat with 51 passengers on board. Among them, the bodies of 6 people died during the travel

Le Monde

27/08/08

Malta

70 migrants reported to be missing 55 miles south of Malta, after a large rubber dinghy taking them to Europe capsized. The eight survivors were rescued by the Maltese fishing boat Madonna di Pompei. Three corpses were discovered by a German helicopter of the Frontex patrolling

Reuters

26/08/08

Spain

A cargo ship rescued 25 migrants from a sinking boat off Almeria, but survivors said up to 35 others died as the boat drifted for three days

AP

24/08/08

Malta

77 migrants rescued from a drifting dinghy by the merchant vessel Stadt Goslar, 53 miles south of Malta. One of them said 27 people drowned two days before, after their boat capsized off Libya

Ansa

21/08/08

Iran

30 Afghans were killed and 83 injured when a truck overturned in southern Iran province of Fars, near the village of Khiareh

AFP

19/08/08

Egitto

Egypt police killed a Sudanese migrant at Israel border. Since the beginning of 2008, bringing to 20 the number of Africans killed at the border so far this year

Reuters

19/08/08

Turkey

A Somali national drowned off Didimi after a migrants boat capsized

Reuters

12/08/08

Italy

According to a group of migrants landed in Ognina, near Siracusa, a man and a woman died during the crossing of the Strait of Sicily and their bodies were left in the sea

Ansa

05/08/08

Spain

The body of a migrant washed ashore at Aguadú, in Melilla

Diario Sur

04/08/08

Libya

75 Somali have been missed after the two tiny boats they were on board sank off the Libyan coasts

Mareeg

04/08/08

Spain

The corpse of a migrant was found in the sea of Rincón en las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria

Europa Press

02/08/08

Spain

The body of a migrant was found in the sea of Calahonda, in Motril, near Granada

Ideal

02/08/08

Spain

One man was reported to be missing after a boat of migrants landed in Cuevas del Almanzora, near Almeria

El Pais

31/07/08

Malta

The bodies of two women were recovered 79 miles off Malta, after a sinking migrants boat was rescued by the tug boat Vittorin and the merchant ship Northumberland. One of them was pregnant

Times of Malta

31/07/08

Turkey

The bodies of 13 migrants, mainly from Pakistan and Myanmar, were found dump in Istanbul's Küçükçekmece district. They were part of a group of 140 people transported inside a container hauled by a truck from the southeastern province of Van to Istanbul

Turkish Daily News

29/07/08

Algeria

According to the survivors, 38 people were reported to be missing between Algeria and Sardinia, after the two boats carrying them capsized in a stormy sea

Fortress Europe

29/07/08

Libya

7 people were missing after a migrants boat sank 150 miles south est off Lampedusa. The survivors were rescued by the Italian fishing boats Aries and Victoria

Repubblica

27/07/08

Italy

Two children, two and four years old, died crossing the Strait of Sicily. Their bodies were left in the sea

Corriere

25/07/08

Spain

One dead man among the passengers landed on the Canary islands, in Alajeró

El Pais

23/07/08

Spain

The corpse of a four years old child was found along Algarrobo coasts, near Malaga

El Pais

23/07/08

France

An Eritrean refugee was killed along the A26 highway near Saint Hilaire Cottes, close to Pas de Calais, from where he was trying to reach England

France Presse

23/07/08

France

6 people died and several ones were reported to be missing after a boat sank off the French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean

Le Monde

21/07/08

Italy

A 25 meters long empty boat, going adrift 27 miles off Porto Palo, in Sicily, was reported to be missing. It was supposed to have carried migrants to Sicily

Ansa

20/07/08

Egypt

The Egyptian police shot dead one Sudanese man along the Israeli border. Since the beginning of 2008, at least 17 people have been killed along the Sinai frontier

Reuters

18/07/08

Malta

One corpse found off the island

Times of Malta

16/07/08

Malta

Wreckage found 28 miles west off Malta. It could be the flotsam of a migrants boat reported to be missing in the past days

Times of Malta

15/07/08

France

A man died under a truck on the A16 highway near Transmarck, close to Calais, from where he was trying to reach England

France Presse

14/07/08

Italy

Three people died and 30 were reported to be missing after their boat capsized 75 miles south est of Lampedusa, during the rescue operations

Repubblica

13/07/08

Spain

Two survivors of the boat rescued on July 11 off Canary have died in the hospital where they were in critical conditions. Meanwhile the survived passengers said they threw in the sea the bodies of 11 people died during the days spent adrift without water

Gara

12/07/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead at the Israel border Ahmed Salim Oweid, an Egyptian bedouin man who was helping 30 African migrants reach the Jewish state

Reuters

11/07/08

Spain

The bodies of 4 died people were found on a boat rescued off Gomera, in the Canary islands. The migrants spent several days adrift without water

El Pais

10/07/08

Malta

Three women, one of them pregnant, drowned after their boat capsized off Malta

Times of Malta

09/07/08

Spain

The Guardia Civil rescued a boat adrift 27 miles south of Punta Sabinal, on the west of Almeria. Passengers told 14 people have died after 5 days on the sea, including 9 babies. Another woman had died before they arrived in the port. Four people have been hospitalized in serious condition

El Pais

07/07/08

Spain

14 migrants lost off Motril coast after their boat capsized during the rescue operations 50 miles off Motril, near Granada. Among the victims 4 women and one baby

El Pais

06/07/08

Libya

15 Somalis died of thirst in the Libyan desert near the border with Sudan after their vehicle got flawed

Tripoli Post

04/07/08

Italy

An Iraqi was found dead on a Greek ferry in the port of Venice under the truck where he was travelling hidden. He is the third victim in the last two weeks in the port

Reuters

30/06/08

Malta

A body was found off Zonqor Point south of the island

Ansa

28/06/08

Italy

The body of a second Iraqi was found on a truck on a ferry left from Greece, in the port of Venice

Gazzettino

28/06/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot and killed two African migrants, including a seven-year-old Sudanese girl, as they tried to cross the border into Israel

Reuters

26/06/08

Malta

Shipwreck 32 miles south off Malta, 3 people died

Sky

22/06/08

Italy

Stowaway found dead on a container in the port of Venice coming from Greece

Repubblica

21/06/08

Algeria

The corpse of a migrant was found on the coast of Château Vert, near Skikda, close to Annaba. He died trying to reach Sardinia

El Watan

20/06/08

Spain

4 migrants arrived in Canary islands three days ago have died in La Candelaria and University hospital

Noticias de Navarra

19/06/08

Malta

According to Antonio Sardo, the commandant of the Italian fishing boat Gambero, one of the rescued women give birth to a dead baby during the travel by sea

Il Tempo

19/06/08

Malta

The Italian fishing boat Gambero rescued again 25 shipwrecked migrants 52 miles south of Malta. One missing

Repubblica

19/06/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead an African man on Thursday as he tried to slip across the desert border into Israel, bringing to 14 the number of migrants killed at the border this year

Reuters

17/06/08

Algeria

Ripescato un cadavere in avanzato stato di decomposizione 10 miglia al largo di Ras El Hamra, sulla rotta tra Annaba e la Sardegna

El Watan

15/06/08

Malta

28 Somali migrants has been rescued by the Italian trawler Gambero 55 miles off Malta but a further six, including some children, have been reported missing

Repubblica

14/06/08

Malta

A corpse in an advanced state of decomposition was retrieved in Marsaxlokk

Times of Malta

12/06/08

Turkey

A Somali man named Adam Terry died of a gunshot wound during a riot at Kırklareli in a detention centre for migrants near the Bulgarian and Greek border

Anatolie

11/06/08

Malta

An Italian coastguard vessel recovered a body 54 miles south off Malta

Ansa

10/06/08

Turkey

In Dogubayazit town of eastern province of Van, a bus carrying 20 migrants overturned and 2 peole died

Haber

07/06/08

Libya

At least 40 people died and 100 were reported to be missing after their boat sank off Zuwarah on the way to Italy

Repubblica

07/06/08

Italy

A second body was found on the island of Linosa. Another body was recovered from the sea, 2 miles south of Lampedusa

Ansa

06/06/08

Italy

A body was found along the coast of the island of Linosa

Ansa

06/06/08

Libya

Shipwreck off Libyan coasts. The Italian authorities recovered 13 bodies. Three of the corpses were in an advanced state of decomposition and might be died in another unknown shipwreck

Repubblica

02/06/08

Italy

The body of a woman was recovered 36 miles off Agrigento. It is the eighth corpse found off Sicily in the last three days

Ansa

02/06/08

Italy

A woman lifeless body was found on the beach of Maluk, on the island of Lampedusa

Adnkronos

01/06/08

Italy

One body was found 300 meters from Punta Sottile, in Lampedusa. Another lifeless body was previously recovered 14 miles off the coast, while on the night of Friday another body was found off Lampedusa

Adnkronos

31/05/08

Italy

A man's corpse was found on mile on the est ofLampedusa

Ansa

29/05/08

Italy

The corpse of a man was found along the beach of Castelvetrano (Trapani) close to the river Belice

Ansa

28/05/08

Cyprus

One man was killed as he tried to escape an immigration swoop by running across a motorway and was hit by a car

Turkish Daily News

28/05/08

United Kingdom

The bodies of two stowaways were found in the hold of a cargo ship at Ayr harbour. The vessel left Sfax, in Tunisia, 12 days ago

Guardian

26/05/08

Malta

The Italian fishing trawler Pegaso has rescued 13 migrants but another 5 are believed to have drowned when their boat capsized in rough seas some 85 miles south east of Malta

Times of Malta

26/05/08

Spain

2 dead people found among 68 migrants picked up from a boat one mile off Gran Canaria. Another migrant have died after he had been transfered to a hospital in critical conditions

Abc

24/05/08

Malta

A search for another boat in distress reportedly carrying 28 illegal immigrants about 70 miles off Malta over the past three days proved unsuccessful

Times of Malta

23/05/08

Italy

The body of a drowned migrant were recovered off Pozzalo, Ragusa, in Sicily

Adnkronos

22/05/08

Algeria

The bodies of two drowned migrants were recovered from the sea close to Cherchell, between Alger and Oran

Quotidien d'Oran

22/05/08

Malta

Another corpse was recovered from the sea 50 miles southwest off Malta. It was the sixth body to be found in Maltese waters over recent days

Times of Malta

20/05/08

Greece

The corpse of a drowned migrant was found near the island of Samos

Yen

16/05/08

Greece

21 people are reported to be missing after their boat was returned to Turkey by the Greek Coast Guards of Samos. According to the only passengers who managed to reach the island, by swimming, they drowned after the boat sank

Reuters

10/05/08

Tunisia

Three bodies were found and 47 were reported to be missing after a shipwreck off Teboulba. The survivors were hospitalized in Monastir Reuters
10/05/08

Tunisia

According to evidences collected by the Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'homme, the number of the victims of the shipwreck, happened on April 24 off Chebba, rises to 37 Ltdh

08/05/08

Malta

Three corpse found floating in the sea close to a cave in Delimara

Times of Malta

06/05/08

Morocco

7 of the 42 survivors of the shipwreck happened on April 28 off Hoceima, died once deported and abandoned along the Algerian border near Oujda

Fortress Europe

06/05/08

Algeria

A migrant body was recovered from the sea in Cap Carbon, near Arzew, on the route to Spain

El Watan

01/05/08

Belgium

Ebenizer Folefack Sontsa, 32 years old, from Camerun, committed suicide in the migrants detention centre of Merksplas. He was kept in an isolation cell after a first attempt of repatriation failed because of the protestS of some passengers of the flight

Le Soir

28/04/08

Morocco

A shipwreck off Al Hoceima on the way to Southern Spain caused the death of 36 people, including 2 women and 4 children

El Pais

28/04/08

Turkey

In the attempt to deport 18 migrants to Iraq, Turkish authorities forced them to swim across a fast flowing river near the Habur (Silopi) official border crossing in Şırnak province. 4 people drowned as a result

Turkish Daily News

25/04/08

Italy

One man drowned during a rescue operation 80 miles south off Lampedusa

Ansa

24/04/08

Tunisia

Tunisian coastguards recovered the corpses of 3 migrants off Chabba, while 20 people went missing when the small boat carrying them to Lampedusa capsized

Reuters

23/04/08

Spain

Three more stowaways could have died on board the "Rosa Delmas" container ship

Canarias 7

21/04/08

Spain

Two stowaways have died on board the "Rosa Delmas" container ship, which reached Canary Island. They were part of 13 people hidden on the ship, four of them were hospitalized

La Provincia

17/04/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean as he tried to slip across the frontier into Israel, bringing to 11 the number of migrants killed at the border this year

Reuters

09/04/08

Algeria

The bodies of 13 drowned migrants were found and 3 people were reported to be missing after a shipwreck off Béithioua, close to Oran, on the way to Spain

Algeria Watch

08/04/08

Algeria

The bodies of 8 drowned migrants were found two miles off Cap Carbon, close to Arzew, on the way to Spain

El Khabar

02/04/08

Algeria

According to the Algerian authorities, the bodies of 94 drowned migrants were recovered along the Algerian shores in 2007. Since the beginning of 2008, 13 bodies have already been picked up

Jana

30/03/08

Spain

The body of a drowned migrant were found along the beach of Melilla. It is the second body found along the Beni Enzar beach, another one was recovered on March 22

Diario Sur

30/03/08

Algeria

Left three weeks ago from Mostaganem trying to reach Spain, 3 men from Tiaret are reported to be missing. The bodies of two other victims, from Tiaret and Rahouia, have been repatriated from Spain

Quotidien d'Oran

27/03/08

Egypt

Egyptian security men shot dead two African migrants as they tried to slip across the frontier into Israel

Reuters

27/03/08

W. Sahara

The bodies of 3 men and a woman were recovered near Dakhla, after a shipwreck on the way to Canary. Tens of people could be missing

Assabah

23/03/08

Turkey

The bodies of 6 migrants were found in Tekagac headland of Didim town of western province of Aydin. One of them was identified as a Somali woman, Ayse Abdurrahman

Xinhua

19/03/08

Libya

According to a Tunisian witness living in Metlaoui, who survived to the shipwreck, a boat carrying 380 people sank near Zawiyah on the way to Italy. About 40 people could have be died

Corriere della Sera

18/03/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead a 25-year-old Eritrean woman trying to slip across the border into Israel. At least 8 migrants have been killed in the same way since the start of the year

Reuters

15/03/08

Turkey

A boat carrying illegal migrants capsized in Iskenderun town of southern province of Hatay killing 4

Turkish Press

05/03/08

Spain

The bodies of two dead men were found on a migrants boat landed in Canary, at the port of Los Cristianos on the island of Tenerife

Afp

03/03/08

Algeria

The body of a drowned migrant was recovered from the sea near Béthioua, close to Oran

Le Quotidien d'Oran

01/03/08

Spain

The body of a drowned woman was found at sea at Caños de Meca, near Cádiz

Abc

25/02/08

Egypt

Egyptian police killed an Eritrean woman as she tried to cross Egypt's desert frontier and enter Israel

Reuters

19/02/08

Egypt

Egyptian security forces shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel after he ignored orders to stop as he attempted to cross barbed wire near the border town of Rafah, in the north of the Sinai Peninsula

Amnesty

16/02/08

Egypt

Egyptian security forces shot dead an Eritrean woman, Mervat Mer Hatover, after she ignored orders to stop as she was attempting to jump over the barbed wire in the El Kuntilla border region, in south-eastern Sinai Peninsula

Amnesty

13/02/08

Morocco

24 people were reported to be missing after a shipwreck off Tarfaya, on way to Canary

Abc

06/02/08

Spain

A migrant died in Ceuta crushed under the wheels of a tour bus under which he was hidden to cross the Strait without being detected

El Pais

03/02/08

Spain

The bodies of 2 drowned migrants were found on the southern Spanish coast. One in La Barrosa, near Chiclana (Cadiz) and the other one in Isleta, near Tarifa

El Pais

01/02/08

Algeria

Six people are reported to be missing after a shipwreck off Annaba on the way to Sardinia

Le Quotidien d'Oran

30/01/08

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead two migrants trying to get over barbed wire dividing Egypt and Israel. The victims are a 22 years old man and a 18 years old woman. Another migrant was shot dead at the beginning of the month

Reuters

30/01/08

Greece

The decomposing body of a man was found on board a passenger ferry sailing from Patras to Venice, in a storerooms where he was hidden to reach Italy

Ekathimerini

26/01/08

Algeria

Body found in La Marsa, near Skikda

Le Quotidien d'Oran

22/01/08

Italy

A 14 years old Afghan died falling from the truck, coming from Greece, under which he was hidden, near Forlì Romagna Oggi
22/01/08

Spain

2 people drowned after a boat capsized few meters from the seaside in Torre del Puerco, at Conil (Cadiz) El Pais

22/01/08

Eritrea

Ethiopia says Eritrea forces shot at two Eritrean army deserters trying to flee across the two rivals' disputed border. One of them was killed

Reuters

19/01/08

Mali

Interviewed by Le Monde, mr. Balihar Singh says he saw 8 migrants died trying to cross the desert of Sahara, 14 months ago, in order to reach the Mediterranean coast

Le Monde

15/01/08

Greece

A woman drowned while attempting to cross Evros River, northeastern Greece, along the borders with Turkey, on board a rowboat, falling into the frozen river waters when the boat capsized Ana
15/01/08

Spain

Another body found in Barbate, in Andalusia. It is the eighth victims of an unknown shipwreck El Pais
13/01/08

Spain

The bodies of three dead migrants were found on board a boat rescued 90 miles south off Gran Canaria island El Pais
11/01/08

Italy

A dinghy crossed courses with an Italian fishing boat, 50 miles south off Lampedusa. One migrant dived into the water and managed to reach the fishing boat in order to ask for help, but the craft prevented him from staying on board. Then the captain, Mariano Ruggiero, threw him back into the sea and he drowned Repubblica
10/01/08

Spain

Another body found in Barbate Abc
06/01/08

Spain

Discovered near Los Caños in Barbate, the bodies of 6 drowned migrants El Pais
04/01/08

Western Sahara

The bodies of 4 drowned migrants were found by a fisher boat, off Cap Barbas, 270 km south of Dakhla Panapress
28/12/07

Spain

The body of a young migrant were found in the port of Ceuta Abc
31/12/07

Algeria

According to the Algerian authorities, the bodies of 83 drowned migrants were recovered along the coasts of the Country during 2007. They had been 73 in 2006, and 29 in 2005 Le Quotidien d'Oran
28/12/07

Greece

Two boats capsized in the Evros river separating Turkey from Greece, killing one migrant and leaving several missing Anatolia
26/12/07

Tunisia

2 migrants died and 3 were reported to be missing after a shipwreck off Sfax As-Sabah
26/12/07

Turkey

The death toll of the 10th December Izmir shipwreck rose to 51, after another body was found washed up on the shore in Cesme Turkish Daily News
24/12/07

Greece

A fisherman found a body and rescued a migrant off the Aegean island of Lesvos. The survivor said he had been on a boat with another 31 people, reported to be missing Kathimerini
19/12/07

Turkey

Another body was found off Bodrum, where yesterday a migrants boat sank Kathimerini
18/12/07

Turkey

7 migrants drowned and one was reported to be missing after a boat trying to reach the Greek island of Kos sank off the coast of Bodrum Turkish Daily News
12/12/07

Algeria

Migrants boat rescued 30 miles off Cap Falcon by the Algerian LNG vessel "Abbane Ramdane". 3 people found dead Le Quotidien d'Oran
10/12/07

Turkey

50 migrants drowned and 29 were reported to be missing after their 50-foot boat sank in rough weather late on Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, heading to the Greek island of Chios Turkish Daily News
10/12/07

Senegal

Left from the island of Djogué, in Casamance, and heading towards Canary islands, a pirogue with 130 migrants aboard turned back to Yoff Tonghor, in Dakar, after 12 days spent going adrift. Aboard one man were found dead. According to the survivors, 39 people died in the travel and their bodies were abandoned in the sea Walfadjri
10/12/07

W. Sahara

50 migrants were reported to be drowned after a shipwreck off Dakhla, on the way to Canary islands. 6 bodies were found along the coast El Pais
10/12/07

Algeria

The body of a drowned migrant were found near Bouzedjar Le Quotidien d'Oran
09/12/07

Spain

One man were found dead on a pirogue landed in El Hierro island, in Canary El Pais
06/12/07

Greece

A diabetic person was found dead due to lack of insulin aboard a small cargo ship landed in Kato Zakros in Lasithi on the island of Crete In
05/12/07

Spain

Three dead migrants found aboard two boats landed in Tenerife, in the Canary islands El Pais
04/12/07

France

2 people died and 8 were reported to be missing after a collision between a motorboat of the French police and a migrants boat coming from the Comoro islands, off the French island of Mayotte Le Monde
04/12/07

Algeria

The Dutch vessel Fairepartner rescued migrants going adrift 76 miles off Mostaganem. The body of a drowned man were found at sea, while 11 people were reported to be missing Le Quotidien d'Oran
01/12/07

Spain

2 men were found dead on a migrants boat rescued off Las Palmas, in Canary islands El Pais
29/11/07

Algeria

The body of a drowned migrant was washed ashore on a beach in Marsa, 30 km west from Ténès Le Quotidien d'Oran
16/11/07

Cyprus

A man was shot dead during a police operation to arrest suspected illegal migrants Turkish Daily News
14/11/07

Algeria

Body found along Draouch coast, close to Ghazaouet Le Quotidien d'Oran
14/11/07

Morocco

7 migrants died and 30 were reported to be missing after their boat heading to Canary capsized 100 km south of Agadir, near Sidi Ifni Canarias 7
13/11/07

Gambia

8 migrants drowned and 50 were reported to be missing after a shipwreck off The Gambia, 1.700 km south off Canary Afrol News
10/11/07

Mauritania

Five migrants died in Nouadhibou hospital, where they had been hospitalised after the La Güera shipwreck of the past week Abc
10/11/07

Spain

The bodies of two men and a woman were found at Alborán, close to El Ejido, in Andalusia. 9 corpses have already been found along Almeria's coasts since October Abc
09/11/07

Greece

Migrant shot dead by a border guard after he had illegally crossed into Greece from the Albanian frontier close to Florina Kathimerini
06/11/07

Mauritania

56 people died from hunger, cold and thirst after three weeks spent adrift off Mauritania coast, as their vessel lost power trying to reach Canary islands. The 101 survivors were rescued at La Güera, close to Western Sahara. They were departed from Ziguinchor, in Senegal El Pais
06/11/07

Italy

A sixteenth body of the Vendicari shipwreck were found at Cittadella dei Maccheri, close to Siracusa Adnkronos
02/11/07

Italy

Found the body of the thirteenth victim of the shipwreck of Siracusa Ansa
31/10/07

Italy

The body of two other migrants drowned near Roccella Jonica, in Calabria, were found. The bodies found are 11 until now Adnkronos
30/10/07

Italy

Two corpses were found near Marina di Gioiosa Jonica, in Calabria. The bodies found until now are 9, while 20 people are reported to be missing Agi
28/10/07

Italy

The bodies of 9 drowned migrants were found and 8 were reported to be missing after their boat sank near Siracusa, in Sicily Repubblica
28/10/07

Italy

The bodies of 7 drowned migrants were found along Calabria coast (in the south of Italy) after their boat, thirty meters long, broke down 200 meters from the coast at Roccella Ionica Repubblica
25/10/07

Spain

7 dead and 50 missing, as the Spanish trawler "Tiburón III" rescued just one survivor from immigrants boat off Cabo Verde, 300 miles from Senegal El Pais
22/10/07

Greece

17 would-be migrants reported to be missing since their boat sank amid gale-force winds off Samos Kathimerini
22/10/07

Senegal

150 migrants were reported to be missing after their boat sank on the way to Canary island, according to their families who celebrated, in Kolda, their collective funeral Seneweb
18/10/07

Libya

According to a Frontex report , 360 migrants corpses were recovered during 2006 by the Libyan authorities. The report doesn't explain how they died, but probably the majority of them lost the life crossing the desert in order to reach the Mediterranean Il Manifesto
16/10/07

Tunisia

Three bodies found along Sejnane coast, in the north east of the country Quotidien d'Oran
16/10/07

Spain

Another body brought up in the nets of "La Pastora" fishing boat off Níjar coast, near Almería El Mundo
15/10/07

Spain

Died in "La Candelaria" hospital one of the 90 migrants rescued 14 miles south of Tenerife, Canary, the 14th October El Pais

14/10/07

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese refugee trying to get over the Egypt-Israel border

Ahn

11/10/07

Italy

Body found 5 miles south off Lampedusa Ansa
09/10/07

Spain

The third body in a week has been brought up in the nets of "La Pastora" fishing boat off Níjar coast, near Almería El Mundo
01/10/07

Italy

Body sighted 105 miles sout west off Malta Adnkronos
01/10/07

Turkey

16 people were reported to be drowned after a shipwreck off Balikesir coast Kuna
26/09/07

Spain

A migrant drowned trying to reach Ceuta by swimming Europa Press
25/09/07

Algeria

Three bodies found off Ghazaouet, on the way to Spain Le Quotidien d'Oran
24/09/07

Greece

The bodies of 4 migrants, including a child, were recovered off the islands of Samos and Lesvos Kathimerini
24/09/07

Turkey

5 people were missing and feared dead after their boat sank off Kusadasi, close to the Greek island of Samos Kathimerini
23/09/07

Spain

Boat landed Canary islands in Las Vistas seaside, in Tenerife, one dead aboard El dia
21/09/07

Greece

Migrant smuggler dies in car crash in Thessaloniki fleeing police, nine immigrants in vehicle injured Kathimerini
18/09/07

Spain

Discovered at Níjar the body of one of the 6 missing passenger of a boat which sank a mile off Cabo de Gata El Pais

17/09/07

Egypt

Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean along the Israeli border

Reuters

15/09/07

Egypt

8 people died when a boat attempting to bring nearly 90 Egyptians to Italy capsized in Egyptian waters, off Edko, near Al-Iskandariya Associated Press
14/09/07

Poland

Three children, 6, 10 and 13 years old, froze to death on the mountains over the Ukraina-Poland border, in order to pass by foot the frontier L'Orient Le Jour
14/09/07

Italy

Body found off Pantelleria island, the survivors told they were throwned into the sea by the captain of the ship Repubblica
12/09/07

France

4 drowned and 15 reported to be missing after a shipwreck between Anjouan (Comoro islands) and the French island of Mayotte Jeune Afrique
09/09/07

Spain

Body found at Sacratif, close to Motril Abc
07/09/07

Spain

Ten migrants bodies found along Agüimes coasts, in Gran Canaria, drowned while landing on the island El Pais
03/09/07

W. Sahara

4 people died and 28 were reported to be missing after their boat, heading to Canary islands, capsized off Dakhla Bbc
01/09/07

Italy

One migrant died and 3 were reported to be missing after a boat capsized 15 miles off Portopalo (Siracusa) Repubblica
30/08/07

Greece

Body found in the sea off the island of Samos Kathimerini
30/08/07

Malta

Migrants boat capsized after a Greek vessel rescued them 72 miles south off Malta. 25 people reported to be missing, including 4 women Reuters
30/08/07

Algeria

Algerian authorities found in the first half of 2007 the bodies of 42 dead migrants along their coasts, drowned sailing to Sardinia Reuters
29/08/07

Italy

Boat rescued off Lampedusa, going adrift for 4 days. The passengers said 2 pregnant women died in the travel and their bodies were left in the sea Il Messaggero
28/08/07

Italia

Migrants boat save a man floating in the middle of the sea, 50 miles off Lampedusa. He told his boat capsized during a stormy night with a broken engin. All the passengers are reported to be missing Ansa
25/08/07

Italy

Migrants landed at Cala Pisana, in Lampedusa, told 6 of them died after 8 days adrift. Their bodies were throwned in the sea Ansa
23/08/07

Algeria

Migrant body found at Mers El-Hadjadj, Arzew Le Quotidien d'Oran
23/08/07

Greece

The crew of a passing boat pulled a man out of the sea off Hios island and he told them that his vessel had sunk with 14 migrants aboard Kathimerini
23/08/07

Italy

Sicilian fishermen rescue a man in the open sea, 70 miles south off Lampedusa. He's the only survivor of a shipwreck which caused the death of 45 migrants Adnkronos
22/08/07

Italy

The bodies of 6 drowned migrants were found 60 miles off Lampedusa island Corriere della Sera
19/08/07

Spain

13 migrants died on the way to the Canary islands, after 6 days adrift. The bodies of 11 of the victims were thrown overboard by the other passengers El Pais
17/08/07

Turkey

6 people drowned and 5 were missing after a boat sank off Turkey's Aegean coast, about 100 meters offshore of Izmir Kathimerini
15/08/07

Italy

The bodies of 14 drowned migrants were found 55 miles south of Lampedusa Corriere della Sera
14/08/07

Turkey

32 migrants were injured and 2 were killed when a truck carrying them capsized near Yukari Bakracli village, in the eastern province of Van The New Anatolian
13/08/07

France

17 migrants were drowned and 19 missing after their boat capsized off French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean Le Monde
12/08/07

Italy

Body found off Lampedusa Adnkronos
11/08/07

Italy

During the rescue operation of a boat carrying 250 migrants, 28 miles south of Lampedusa, the Italian authorities recovered a body from the sea Ansa
11/08/07

Malta

11 people were reported to be missing after their boat capsized, 60 miles south of Malta, and was rescued by the Spanish cruise liner Jules Verne Times of Malta
11/08/07

Malta

A Russian cargo ship rescued 25 migrants 50 miles off Malta's shores. They said one of them had died Times of Malta
11/08/07

Italy

Gjon Kusani, 28 years old, Albanian, had died crossing by foot the Carso mountains trying to enter illegally in Italy from Slovenia Il Piccolo
10/08/07

Turkey

Boat sank off Ayvalik, near Balikesir, heading to Lesvos. A man died, another one was missing Kathimerini
09/08/07

Italy

One man drowned after a boat capsized 35 miles south off Capo Passero, in Sicily Adnkronos
07/08/07

Spain

An immigrant who was trying to get into Spain died at Algeciras port, when he was hit by the truck under which he had been hiding during the ferry ride from Morocco El Pais
04/08/07

Italy

Two men arrived in Pantelleria island by swimming, told 3 people were drowned Adnkronos
02/08/07

Greece

A boat sank off Samos causing the death of a 27-year-old woman Kathimerini
31/07/07

W. Sahara

Two migrants were shot dead by Moroccan border police along El Ayun's coast. The policemen opened the fire over a group of 37 people who were embarking towards Canary islands, during the night Afrik
28/07/07

Malta

A boat with 25 illegal immigrants had disappeared in choppy waters between Malta and Libya Times of Malta
27/07/07

Tunisie

Heading to Sardinia, a man died on a boat went adrift off Tabarqa, near the Algerian border France Presse
25/07/07

Malta

9 people reported to be missing after their boat capsized off Sicily, close to Maltese territorial waters Times of Malta
26/07/07

Algeria

Migrant body found along Arzew coast, near Oran Le Quotidien d'Oran
25/07/07

Italy

Body found near a capsized boat, 18 miles south off Sicily. No news concerning the other passengers, who maybe were also drowned La Sicilia

23/07/07

Egypt

A Sudanese woman was shot dead after Egyptian police opened fire on a group of 26 migrants intercepted along the Israeli border, 15 km from Rafah

AFP

23/07/07

Italy

Two migrants drowned as a boat rescued by the Sicilian fishing boat "Salvatore Caterina", 80 miles north off Libya, capsized Repubblica
22/07/07

W. Sahara

At least 40 Saharawis were reported to be missing while two bodies were found, after a shipwreck off Naa'ila, at the north of El Ayun, on the way to Canary islands Alter Forum
22/07/07

Malta

A man disappeared and 2 drowned as a group of Africans were being transferred to an Army vessel, 30 miles south off Malta Times of Malta
21/07/07

France

Two migrants were drowned and 27 missing after their boat capsized off French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean Le Monde
19/07/07

Spain

Three bodies recovered from the sea, 90 miles south off Canary El Pais
19/07/07

Spain

At least 88 people died after a pirogue capsized during the rescue operations, 90 miles off Canary island of Tenerife All the bodies were lost in the stormy sea El Pais
18/07/07

Italy

Three men and a child drowned after a boat capsized 40 miles at south of Lampedusa Repubblica
18/07/07

Libya

One body found and 11 people reported to be missing after a shipwreck 187 miles at south of Lampedusa Repubblica
17/07/07

Spain

Man found dead on a migrants boat landed in Canary islands, at Los Cristianos El Pais
16/07/07

Niger

According to a migrant landed in Lampedusa, in Italy, 34 people died dehydrated one month before, between Madama and the Libyan border check point of Toumou Fortress Europe
14/07/07

Italy

The bodies of three suffocated stowaways were found in a truck, where they were hidden, travelling towards Germany Repubblica
08/07/07

France

A twenty years old woman died hit by a car, trying to escape police in Calais Association Salam
08/07/07

Malta

Two corpses recovered at sea, one about 110 miles off the island, and the other one in Marsascala's bay Malta Media
04/07/07

Tunisia

Tunisian Coast Guard found the bodies of 20 drowned migrants off Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, shipwrecked on the way to Sicily Le Monde
04/07/07

Spain

Two migrants were found dead aboard a boat landed in Canary islands, in Tenerife El Pais
03/07/07

Algeria

4 migrants were reported to be missing after a boat was rescued off Arzew, on the way to Spain Le Quotidien d'Oran
29/06/07

Italy

The body of a drowned migrant was found 10 miles off Lampedusa Repubblica
29/06/07

Italy

Migrants boat landed in Pozzallo, in Sicily. According to the passengers, 3 people died during the navigation and their bodies were thrown into sea Ansa
29/06/07

Malta

20 migrants ended on a tuna pen towed by the Icelandic vessel Eyborg, after their boat capsized. A woman had died and at least 7 people were lost at sea Times of Malta
29/06/07

Italy

According to the 23 shipwrecked rescued yesterday off Malta, 4 other people of their group drowned and were lost at sea: a man, two women and a child Adnkronos
28/06/07

Malta

A woman died after 23 migrants were rescued clinging to a tuna pen off the island Ansa
28/06/07

Malta

The decomposed body of a man was recovered 8 miles off Dingli Times of Malta
27/06/07

Spain

Migrant found dead among the passengers aboard a boat landed at Gran Canaria El Mundo
26/06/07

Malta

The body of a drowned woman was pulled out off Mgarr sea, in Gozo island Ansa
26/06/07

Malta

Migrants boat land in Malta. The passengers said they threw into sea the bodies of 2 men died after 7 days of navigation Times of Malta
26/06/07

Italy

Migrants boat land in Sicily, near Siracusa. The passengers said they threw into sea the bodies of 3 people, a child, a man and a woman, died after 12 days of navigation Repubblica
21/06/07

Malta

The Italian fishing boat Valeria, rescued a man hanging on a capsized boat, 80 miles south of Malta since three days. According to him, 24 people drowned in the shipwreck Repubblica
21/06/07

Malta

4 corpses were spotted at sea, 55 miles south west of Malta, maybe victims of the shipwreck of yesterday Times of Malta
20/06/07

Malta

21 illegal immigrants are believed to have been lost at sea as 4 survivors and a corpse were picked up by the Armed Forces of Malta Times of Malta
18/06/07

Italy

Body found 53 miles south of Lampedusa, maybe a victim of the shipwreck of yesterday Ansa
17/06/07

Italy

The bodies of 11 drowned migrants were found 60 miles south of Lampedusa, while 3 others were reported to be missing Repubblica
15/06/07

Tunisia

The bodies of 2 drowned migrants were pulled out of Zarzis sea, close to the Libyan border Sea Memory
15/06/07

Libya

The Spanish fishing boat "Nuestra Madre de Loreto" rescued 25 migrants went adrift 90 miles off Libya. A man was found dead aboard Reuters
14/06/07

Malta

A man fell overboard and was lost at sea before a migrants boat were rescued off the island Times of Malta
13/06/07

France

A man suffocated, hidden on a truck coming from Italy. His body was found near Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (Savoie), close to the Italian border Nouvel Observateur
11/06/07

Spain

A 23 years old man died during a deportation flight to Nigeria El Pais
11/06/07

Greece

The bodies of 2 drowned migrants were pulled out of the sea off Samos island Kathimerini
11/06/07

Libya

25 people could be drowned, 47 miles off Libyan coasts, three day after Malta, Libya and an Iranian cargo ship failed to go to their aid despite requests from the migrants boat, citing bad weather Times of Malta
09/06/07

Spain

Pregnant woman suffered abortion along the route to Canary islands, the fetus was left in the sea El Pais
05/06/07

Algeria

Sailing to Sardinia, a boat sank along Algerian coast, near the Tunisian border. 8 bodies were found in the sea, but other 20 are still missing Reuters
05/06/07

Spain

2 dead people among the passengers aboard a boat landed at Canary island Gran Canaria El Pais
01/06/07

Malta

The French Navy ship "La Motte Picquet" found 21 bodies of drowned migrants 120 south of Malta Repubblica
31/05/07

Western Sahara

Departed three weeks ago from Boujdour, sailing to Canary islands, 8 Moroccans are reported to be missing Alter Forum
25/05/07

Tunisia

A fisherman found the body of a drowned migrant in the sea of Zarzis Sea Memory
22/05/07

Senegal

3 dead people and 2 survivors found aboard a boat going adrift off Lompoul. Tens of people coul be missing Aps
22/05/07

Malta

Malta lost contact with a boat carrying 57 people, including 6 children, after it sank 90 miles south of the island Repubblica
21/05/07

Malta

A man was reported to be missing after a boat capsized 70 miles south of Malta Ansa
20/05/07

Italy

Boat rescued off Lampedusa, the survivors said 2 people died and their bodies were throwned in the sea Ansa
18/05/07

Malta

28 people, including 3 children, reported to be drowned after their boat capsized 75 miles off Malta Times of Malta
11/05/07

Morocco

13 people drowned after their dinghy sank off Nador, sailing toward Spain Le Journal
07/05/07

Italy

Boat rescued off Palermo. One passenger aboard found dead for dehydration Italpress
30/04/07

Spain

A migrant died in Las Palmas Insular hospital, where he had been hospitalised in critical conditions of hypothermia and dehydration after being rescued the day before 60 miles off Gran Canaria El Pais
28/04/07

Spain

3 dead people among the passengers aboard a boat landed in Canary islands, in Gran Canaria El Pais
27/04/07

Greece

A 15-years-old girl drowned and two others, including a one-year-old infant, were reported missing after the guides forced the passengers to jump into the sea close to the island of Leros Kathimerini
26/04/07

Spain

2 dead people among the passengers aboard a boat landed in Canary islands, in Tenerife El Pais
23/04/07

Mauritania

Migrants boat rescued off Nouadhibou, on the way to Canary islands, 2 persons aboard were found dead and 11 were reported to be missing. 13 passengers have then been hospitalised in Dakar, 6 of them in critical conditions El Pais
21/04/07

Algeria

2 people drowned before their boat was rescued off Annaba, on the way to Sardinia El Watan
05/04/07

Sahara

Rescued off Laayoune a migrants boat departed from Mauritania, the bodies of 2 dead people were abandoned into the sea by the other passengers after 8 days in the sea Alter Forum
04/04/07

Spain

A man drowned and another was reported to be missing after they fell in the sea during the rescue operations near Malaga El Pais
28/03/07

Turkey

Found the bodies of 7 people frozen to death in the east of the country after sneaking across the border from Iran Turkish Daily News
26/03/07

Italy

Lampedusa, a man is reported to be missing after a small boat sank near Muro vecchio L'Unità
17/03/07

Greece

The coast guard retrieved the bodies of 7 people washed ashore on the island of Samos after their boat sank. 4 others people were reported missing Kathimerini
08/03/07

Spain

Boat rescued off Tenerife, in the Canary islands, 3 people aboard were found dead, another one died in the first days of a one week travel El Pais
21/02/07

Italia

Inflatable boat rescued off Lampedusa island. According to the passengers, 19 among people aboard died after 5 days adrift. Their bodies were thrown in the sea Il Manifesto
21/02/07

Morocco

A migrant deported to Oujda, along the Algerian border, died of a renal failure Mountada Rihab
17/02/07

Greece

5 people died, including 2 women, and 20 were missing after a boat sank off Samos island Kathimerini
13/02/07

Sahara

A boat was rescued off Boujdour. A man was found dead aboard News 24
11/02/07

Algeria

Migrant body found along Sidi Yacoub coast, near Ghazaouet Le Quotidien d'Oran
05/02/07

Greece

7 bodies were found and 12 people were missing after a shipwreck off the island of Samos Kathimerini
18/01/07

Greece

Two migrants died and 5 were missing after a boat capsized off Samos island Kathimerini
18/01/07

Algeria

The bodies of 33 drowned people were found off Annaba coast after a shipwreck along the new sea route to Sardinia, in Italy La Nuova Sardegna
17/01/07

Belgium

Brussels, Zaventem airport. The frozen body of a young man was found in the undercarriage of a Brussels Airlines airplane arrived from Gambia Angola Press
08/01/07

France

Two migrants were drowned and 19 missing after their boat capsized off French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean Le Monde
07/01/07

Tunisia

Migrant body found near Bizerte Le Quotidien d'Oran
02/01/07

Morocco

Between the 23rd and the 29th of December 2006 at least 450 people were deported by Moroccan police and abandoned along the Algerian border in the desert near Oujda. Among them 10 women, including 3 pregnant ones, and 11 children, including a disabled one. Once they came back in Oujda, 6 women denounced they were raped by Moroccan and Algerian policemen, and by a Nigerian gang. One of them she was pregnant at the sixth month and lost her child after the violence Migreurop
01/01/07

Spain

Migrants boat lands to Canary islands, one dead man aboard; thrown in the sea the bodies of others 2 victims El Mundo

1 comment:

Simona said...

What can be done to stop this chain of deaths?

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