Ann Trappers, 16 November 2020
November 2. 129 refugees rescued by Spanish coast guard near Gran Canaria.
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28311/one-migrant-dead-71-rescued-off-canary-islands
November 3. Bosnia reports that the number of refugees arriving in Bosnia between January and the end of October has halved compared to the same period in 2019.
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28271/bosnia-reports-drop-in-migrant-arrivals-compared-to-2019
November 4. Between November 1 and 3, 935 refugees were intercepted in the Mediterranean and returned to Libya.
November 4. On November 3, 114 refugees arrived, spread over 3 small boats, at Lampedusa and on November 4 refugees in a small boat were rescued by the Italian coast guard near Lampedusa . http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/cronaca/2020/11/04/gommone-sta-per-affondare-migranti-salvati-da-gdf_79ddd531-969f-46fb-8ed7-3d3b72e9c2c8.html
November 4. 1 dead and 71 rescued from a refugee boat in the area of Canary Islands.
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28311/one-migrant-dead-71-rescued-off-canary-islands
November 4. 4 young Afghans discovered in Cremona in a truck coming from Slovenia and headed in the direction of Lombardia in Italy. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28353/four-migrants-discovered-in-lorry-from-slovenia-to-italy
November 5. Czech police find 48 Syrian refugees in a Turkish truck on their way to Germany and the Netherlands. .https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28369/czech-police-stop-truck-carrying-48-migrants
November 5. Germany deports 10 Ethiopian asylum seekers back to Ethiopia .
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28309/germany-deports-ethiopian-asylum-seekers
November 6. Syrian refugee sets himself on fire in the front of UNHCR building in Beirut.
November 6. 4 Moroccan migrants die trying to reach Europe via Melilla. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28349/four-migrants-die-trying-to-reach-spanish-enclave-in-africa
November 8. More than 1,600 refugees have arrived in the Canary Islands this weekend.
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28394/over-1-600-migrants-reach-canary-islands-over-the-weekend
November 9. A 6-year-old child refugee drowned near Samos. The mother and 10 other refugees were found close to the sunken boat. 6 other refugees either came ashore or are missing. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28382/child-drowns-as-migrant-boat-runs-into-trouble-off-samos
November 9. Greece wishes to amend its asylum legislation so that Turkey can pass off as a “safe country”, which should facilitate returns to Turkey. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28386/greece-plans-to-increase-safe-country-returns-reduce-benefits-for-refugees
November 10. The Dutch government is reviewing several dozen Ugandans’ files with false LGBTQ claims. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28401/dutch-government-cracks-down-on-ugandan-asylum-seekers-after-fake-lgbt-claims
November 10. In Saint-Denis, north of Paris, more than 2.000 refugees live in an abominable refugee camp. Their living conditions are deplorable. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28324/situation-about-to-explode-in-locked-down-paris-migrant-camp
November 11. In fact, 2,000 refugees arrived in the Canary Islands between Saturday and Monday. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/28406/record-number-of-2-200-migrants-arrive-on-canary-islands-between-saturday-and-monday
November 12. The NGO ship Open Arms rescues on the Mediterranean a boat with 100 refugees on board; 5 dead persons.
InfoMigrant speaks about 13 dead persons and 88 persons saved on November 10 in the middle of the Mediterranean, they were coming from Libya and going to Malta.
It concerns 2 different actions.
November 13. At least 75 refugees drowned when a boat carrying 120 people sunk off the coast of Libya. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/12/at-least-74-migrants-dead-in-devastating-shipwreck-off-libya
November 13. Shortly after, another 20 refugees drowned at some distance from the Libyan coast. https://www.lareference-paris.com/8975
November 14. The 205 rescued refugees (see November 12-13) have been transfered to a quarantine ship in the harbour of Trapani. https://trapani.gds.it/articoli/cronaca/2020/11/14/migranti-lopen-arms-rimane-davanti-al-porto-di-trapani-in-zona-ce-la-nave-quarantena-d4aa2478-1369-4880-bfae-0a54ef032619/
November 14. A report by a Tunisian n.g.o. shows that in October 2020 1,328 migrants without documents left Tunisia for Italy, while only 381 did so in October 2019. file:///C:/Users/Johan%20Leman/Desktop/en.octobre2020.pdf
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