Statistics: 2009
ID | DATE | TIME | TOTAL | MALES | FEMALES | CHILDREN | BABIES | DEATHS | FOUND AT | LANDED AT | COMMENTS |
1 | 01/14/2009 | 16:30 | 162 | 123 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Picked up by tanker Overseas, 59 nautical miles South | Anchor Bay - Mellieha, Pinto Wharf - Floriana | Rough Seas prevented transfer at Hurds Bank |
2 | 02/01/2009 | 06:30 | 262 | 259 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Self Landing | Between Marsaxlokk and Birzebbugia | Some had escaped on landing and were arrested |
3 | 02/05/2009 | 19:30 | 105 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sighted 48 nautical miles South by Italian Aircraft - AFM | Hay Wharf - Floriana | AFM news reports stated that 115 (inc 30 females and 15 children) were on board |
4 | 05/01/2009 | 22:00 | 66 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Picked up 24 nautical miles South of Lampedusa | Hay Wharf - Floriana | AFM was refused entry to Lampedusa by 2 Italian vessels |
5 | 05/13/2009 | 17:30 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-Landing | Qbajjar - Marsalforn, Gozo | |
6 | 07/14/2009 | 03:00 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-Landing | San Tumas Bay - Marsascala | |
7 | 07/26/2009 | 06:00 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Self-Landing | San Tumas Bay - Marsascala | |
8 | 08/13/2009 | 08:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Picked up by AFM Helicopter 90 nautical miles South | Mater Dei Hospital - Msida | Boat carrying 84 migrants was returned back to Libya by Italian Navy |
9 | 08/15/2009 | 20:00 | 115 | 81 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Picked up by AFM 20 nautical miles South | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Spotted by fisherman. Dingly was sinking when rescued |
10 | 08/26/2009 | 22:30 | 80 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Self-Landing | Wied ix-Xoqqa, Birzebbugia | 2 boats: one self-landed,the other towed in. 3 heavily pregnan |
11 | 08/30/2009 | 14:30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Picked up by AFM - 25 nautical miles from Capo Passero, Sicily | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Part of a group of 80 travelling to Sicily |
12 | 09/02/2009 | 11:00 | 84 | 53 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Picked up by AFM - 75 nautical miles from Lampedusa | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Dingy carrying 84 including 4 pregnant females and 2 babies |
13 | 09/22/2009 | 22:30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Picked up by AFM - 45 nautical miles from Malta | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Sighted by Greek motor tanker “Olympic Spirit” |
14 | 10/06/2009 | 18:15 | 106 | 87 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Picked up by AFM - 42 nautical miles SW from Malta | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Maritime Squadron's Diciotti-class P-61 Offshore patrol vehicle (OPV) |
15 | 10/13/2009 | 08:30 | 78 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Picked up by AFM - 80 nautical miles S from Malta | Hay Wharf - Floriana | Maritime Squadron's P-61. 5 heavily pregnant females: one end of term |
Totals | 1173 | 965 | 186 | 18 | 4 | 2 |