Timeline of the European migrant crisis

This timeline article details notable events related to the European migrant crisis in a chronological order.

Before 2015

2004

• The Libyan and Italian governments reached a secret agreement that obliged Libya to accept African immigrants deported from Italian territories. This resulted in the mass repatriation of many people from Lampedusa to Libya between 2004 and 2005, a move criticised by the European Parliament.^[1]

2007

• 21 May – A migrant boat with 53 people on board went missing some 150 km (80 nmi) south of Malta.^[2]

2008

• August – 71 migrants on a boat drowned in waters around Malta according to the eight survivors.^[3]

2009

• 27–29 March – On 27 March, a migrant boat with around 250 people on board capsized 48 km (30 mi) from the Libyan coasts, the Libyan and Italian navies rescued 21 survivors. On 29 March, a migrant boat with 350 people on board was rescued by an Italian merchant ship in the same area.^[4] It was also believed that two other boats with around 250 people altogether went missing in the same area.^[5][6]

2011

• 6 April – A migrant boat with at least 201 people on board sank 59 km (37 mi, 32 nmi) south of Lampedusa, 178 km (110 mi, 96 nmi) southwest of Malta. The Italian Coast Guard rescued 48 survivors.^[7]

2013

• 3 October – A migrant boat with at least 515 people on board sank near Lampedusa. The Italian Coast Guard rescued 155 survivors.^{[8][9][10][11]}

• 11 October – A migrant boat capsized 120 km (75 mi) from Lampedusa, with at least 34 people confirmed dead.^[12]

2014

• 11 September – A migrant boat with more than 500 people on board sank near Malta, nine survivors were rescued.^[13][14]

• 15 September – A migrant boat with up to 250 people on board sank near the Libyan coasts. 36 people have been rescued.^[15][16]

2016

April 2016

• 6 April - A man threatened to throw baby at police as refugees and authorities clash in Greece. According to a source, "[t]he man threatened to throw the child at a Greek coast guard after they stopped him from smashing up a car."^[17]

References and notes

1. European Parliament resolution on Lampedusa, 14 April 2005
2. "Migrant boat missing off Malta". BBC News. 2007-05-21.
3. "Malta fears 71 migrants drowned". BBC News. 2008-08-27.
4. "Hundreds feared drowned off Libya". Associated Press. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
5. "Hundreds feared drowned off Libya". BBC. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
6. "Nigeria: 200 Citizens, Other Africans Drown Off Libyan Coast". Daily Independent of Lagos. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
7. "Migrants missing after boat capsizes off Italian island". BBC News. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
8. Pianigiani, Gaia (3 October 2013). "Scores of Migrants Dead After Boat Sinks Off Sicily". The New York Times (Siracusa). Retrieved 3 October 2013.
9. "Witness: Boat migrants used bottles to stay afloat". USA Today. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
10. "Dozens of migrants die in Italy boat sinking near Lampedusa". BBC News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
11. "Lampedusa boat tragedy: Migrants 'raped and tortured'". BBC News. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
12. "'Dozens feared dead' off Lampedusa as migrant boat capsizes". BBC News. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
13. "More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast". The Daily Telegraph. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
14. "Malta boat sinking 'leaves 500 dead' - IOM". BBC News. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
15. "More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast". The Daily Telegraph. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
16. Up to 700 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks
17. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-threatens-throw-baby-police-7702094

See also

• European migrant crisis
• Timeline of the Syrian Civil War