On 17 April 2024, a report coordinated by Tavolo Asilo e Immigrazione revealed the terrible conditions in which hundreds of people on the move are forced to live in Italy. 8 administrative detention centres are particularly concerned. These detainees, subjected to great psychological and physical distress, are driven to suicide attempts.
On 10 April 2024, 45 people were reported missing in the Central Mediterranean. IOM says they left Tunisia for Europe.
On April 08, 2024, Alarm Phone lost connection with a group of 39 people. The day before, they were adrift in the Maltese search and rescue area near Lampedusa.
On 08 April 2024, 22 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. This group managed to flee Libya and land in Sicily.
On 07 April 2024, 55 people including 4 minors survived their Mediterranean migration through the Libyan search and rescue zone. The Ocean Viking team intervened before departing for Livorno, the port of disembarkation designated by the Italian authorities.
On the night of 04 to 05 April 2024, 6 precarious boats arrived in Lampedusa with a total of 333 migrants. Despite a few emergency transfers by the Italian authorities, the island’s hotspot was quickly saturated.
On the night of 03 to 04 April 2024, despite an intervention by the Italian military, a woman died in a shipwreck southeast of the island of Lampedusa. The 18-year-old woman was from Ghana.
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