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4 MIGRATION KEY POINTS 2016 DID NOT MARK A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS TO ITALY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN IOM’S MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT RECORDED 2,061 DEATHS ON THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN ROUTE BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 2016 LIBYA AND REGIONAL MIGRATION Migration patterns in and through Libya are interlinked with regional migrant activity. Interviews with Libyan humanitarian organizations highlighted the circular patterns of movement that migrants from Niger engage in between the two neighbouring countries. interviews suggest the existence of strong economic and social linkages between Niger and Libya, with Nigeriens having a long history of settling and engaging in business activities in Libya. Analysis done by DTM Niger in its April 2016 Quarterly Flow Monitoring Report supports this, reporting that 85% of migrants recorded as travelling from Libya to Niger have Nigerien nationality iii . Migrants of other nationalities entering Libya through its southern borders tend to follow similar mobility patterns in the country*, traveling through the desert to more densely populated urban areas - a journey that is both difficult and dangerous. Crossing the desert, migrants face the risk of dehydration, contact with criminal networks, or crossing through areas with unexploded mines. Many make their way up through Sabha to more densely populated urban areas in either the west or east coast. Libya has also witnessed an increase in activity in its coastal areas: during the last two weeks of May, a large number of search and rescue operations were conducted in Libyan waters. The onset of warmer weather months is usually accompanied by an increase of boats crossing through the Central Mediterranean route. However, the slight increase in numbers should be put in the broader context of year-to-date trends, as compared with 2015. Between 1 January and 31 May 2016, 47,851 migrants have arrived to Italy from the Mediterranean, as recorded by the Italian Ministry of Interior. This represents an increase of a few hundred migrants from last year’s figures, when 47,452 migrants arrived to Italy during the same time period. The top recorded nationalities of those who have arrived to Italy in 2016 to date are from Eritrea, Nigeria, Gambia, Somalia, and Côte d’Ivoire, according to figures released by the Italian Ministry of Interior ii . IOM’s Missing Migrants project has recorded 2,061 migrants as dead or missing between January and May this year, a 15% increase over the number recorded last year during the same period iii . This year, reports by both Italian and Libyan Coast Guards indicate that migrants are using increasingly poorly constructed and equipped boats to make their journeys across the Mediterranean than in previous years. The boats are overcrowded, and smugglers do not provide sufficient fuel to carry the boats for the full journey across the sea: as such, migrants travelling by sea are fully dependent on a successful search and rescue operation to take place for them to arrive to their destination. Using information provided by the Libyan Coast Guard, the Libyan Red Crescent and local humanitarian organizations providing assistance to migrants, IOM Libya has tracked the number of maritime incidents in which migrants were rescued and brought back to Libya so far in 2016. The majority of search and rescue operations have occurred in the western coastal areas of Libya, near Az Zawiyah, Sabratah, and Zuwara. Rescued migrants are transferred to detention centres near their points of disembarkation upon arrival back to Libya. *DTM Libya will be launching its Flow Monitoring module in July 2016 that aims to collect data on migrant flows across transit locations across Libya. DTM Libya will publish statistical reports on the data collected and integrate findings into regional reporting on migration trends.” 20 DTM Round 4: May –June 2016
4 MIGRATION KEY POINTS 31 SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN LIBYA HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN 2016 AN ESTIMATED 6,995 MIGRANTS WERE RESCUED AND BROUGHT BACK TO LIBYA Table 18: Maritime Incidents Recorded in Libya in 2016 Date Incidents Estimated on Board Rescued Bodies Retrieved Estimated Missing 6/7/2016 1 117 117 0 0 5/28/2016 1 200 200 0 5/27/2016 1 122 120 2 0 5/26/2016 1 713 580 133 0 05/26/2016 1 304 300 4 0 5/24/2016 1 370 370 0 0 5/24/2016 1 550 550 0 0 5/24/2016 1 130 130 0 0 5/23/2016 1 450 450 0 0 5/22/2016 1 833 833 0 0 5/22/2016 1 120 120 0 0 5/15/2016 1 115 115 0 0 5/1/2016 1 120 0 0 120 4/30/2016 1 97 97 0 0 4/12/2016 2 450 450 0 0 4/12/2016 1 210 210 0 0 4/11/2016 1 111 111 0 0 3/30/2016 1 120 30 0 90 3/28/2016 1 85 1 0 84 3/24/2016 3 620 620 0 0 3/21/2016 2 280 280 0 0 3/19/2016 1 515 515 0 0 3/18/2016 1 117 117 0 0 3/17/2016 1 201 187 14 0 2/21/2016 1 120 120 0 0 1/05/2016 1 242 242 0 0 Total 31 7,442 6,865 153 294 For regularly updated numbers, please refer to IOM’s biweekly Migration and Assistance Overview reports at https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_3VYzW3ndOTR19LcWhOVU9xQUE&usp=drive_web 21 DTM Round 4: May –June 2016
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