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ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 1 OF 33

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 2 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 3 OF 33 ITCG 25%

NAVY 75%

1284 Officers 4713 Petty Officers 4311

Troops and Volunteers

ALL PERSONNEL IS VOLUNTEERED (FREEDOM OF ENROLLMENT= 10.308, NOT ENLISTED)

ITALIANITALIAN COAST COAST G UARDGUARD H HEADQUARTERSEADQUARTERS SLIDE 4 OFDI 33 33

Convention of Montego Bay

UNCLOS 1982

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 5 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD Peripheral structure and SAR area of the 15 Italian MRSCs APPOINTED BY THE MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND

TRANSPORT

 nr. 1 IMRCC Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center General organization of the maritime SAR services Coordinates major SAR-OPS Maintains direct contacts with foreign SAR organizations  nr. 15 MRSC Maritime Rescue Sub Center Coordinate SAR-OPS inside their own SAR area according local and national SAR plans.  nr. 101 UCG Coast Guard Units Dispatch assigned SAR assets Coordinate local SAR operations The italian SAR area of responsibility covers an area of 495 553 km2. When MRCC Rome is the first SAR authority that receives the distress call, and in case of lack of coordination by other RCCs, MRCC Rome coordinates SAR operations also outside italian Search and Rescue Region.

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 6 OF 33 n°2 940 Class Supply vessel MULTIPURPOSE NAVAL UNIT

n°3 900 Class n°1 920 Class

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 7 OF 33 n°6 400 Class n°58 2000 Class n°12 600 Class

n°21 300 Class n°22 700 Class n°3 Hydro Ambulances

n°94 800 Class n°75 500 Class

n°22 200 Class

n°54 ALFA

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 8 OF 33 n°3 ATR 42 “MANTA” n°4 AW 139 “NEMO”

N°1 P 180

n°9 AB 412 “KOALA”

n°2 P 166 DL3 “ORCA”

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 9 OF 33 LEGENDA:

ITALIAN AREA OF SAR RESPONSABILITY (SRR) 495.553 Km2 (RED LINE)

ITALIAN SOUTHERN AREA OF SAR RESPONSABILITY 221.000 Km2 (DOTTED RED LINE)

NORTH AFRICAN STATES AREA OF SAR RESPONSABILITY (GREEN LINE) + MALTA (YELLOW LINE) 630.000 Km2

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 10 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 11 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 12 OF 33 3 MIGRATION FLOW FROM TURKEY (2000-2002)

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 13 OF 33 from 1992 to 31st December 2014: tot. 464.594 180000

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ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 14 OF 33 3 MIGRANTS RESCUED AND ASSISTED

FLOWS 2013 2014

LIBYA 27.233 141.293 TURKEY 1.975 10.341 1.943 1.508 TUNISIA 871 1.215 EGYPT 9.190 15.413 ALGERIA 24 155 Otranto OTHER FLOWS 1.689 86 Cagliari Crotone

Trapani

Mersin La Galite Catania

Annaba Porto Empedocle Siracusa Tunis Pantelleria Pozzallo

CYPRUS Malta Lampedusa

Zuwarah Tripoli Zilten Misratah Bengasi Alessandria

EGYPT

LIBYA ALGERIA

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 15 OF 33 MAIN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF THE MIGRATION FLOW BY SEA (YEAR 2014 FIGURES)

• SYRIA • PALESTINA • ERITREA • SENEGAL • MALI • EGYPT • NIGERIA • IRAQ • SENEGAL • TUNISIA • UNKNOWN/UNCERTAIN • OTHERS COUNTRIES

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MOST OF THE SAR OPERATIONS

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 18 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 19 OF 33 TRITON’S AIR AND NAVAL ASSETS: IT POLICE FORCES – – COAST GUARD – OTHER EUROPEAN STATES

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 20 OF 33 MIGRANTS RESCUED BY: Units Persons

ITALIAN NAVY 459 82.952 ITALIAN COAST GUARD 243 38.047 MERCHANT SHIPS 254 42.061 ITALIAN CUSTOM POLICE 27 1.601 OTHERS 15 1.709 TOTAL 982* 166.370

*Some boats have been rescued by units of the Italian Coast Guard together with other Military/Force of Police.

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 21 OF 33 3 MIGRANTS RESCUED BY: Units Persons

ITALIAN NAVY 55 10.060(2) ITALIAN COAST GUARD 72 10.734(1) MERCHANT SHIPS 97 11.954 ITALIAN CUSTOM POLICE 30 3.128(3)

FRONTEX (NOT ITALIAN UNITS) 14 2.130

OTHERS (Foreign Military Ships) 11 1.244 TOTAL 268* 39.250

Migrants arrived directly on the Italian shore 954 *Some boats have been rescued by units of the Italian Coast Guard together with other Military/Force of Police. (1) 3292 of which have been rescued by It C.G. units cofinanced by FRONTEX Agency. (2) 383 of which have been rescued by It NAVY units cofinanced by FRONTEX Agency. (3) 1081 of which have been rescued by It Custom Police units cofinanced by FRONTEX Agency.

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CINA

LIBIA

TOGO

CIPRO

ITALIA

ALAND

MALTA

BELIZE

SVEZIA

BELGIO

LIBANO

GRECIA

TUVALU

LIBERIA

SPAGNA

KUWAIT

CANADA

OLANDA

ISRAELE

PANAMA

TUNISIA

MALESIA

FRANCIA

TURCHIA

UCRAINA

MADEIRA

ROMANIA

LITUANIA

VANUATU

CURACAO

BAHAMAS

SVIZZERA

FILIPPINE

BERMUDA

TANZANIA

SRI LANKA SRI

NORVEGIA

MOLDAVIA

GERMANIA

CAMBOGIA

FINLANDIA

ISOLE MAN ISOLE

SINGAPORE

GIBILTERRA

DANIMARCA

ISOLE COOK ISOLE

HONG KONG HONG

ISOLE PALAU ISOLE

PORTOGALLO

REGNO UNITO REGNO

SIERRA LEONE SIERRA

ISOLE CAYMAN ISOLE

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ISOLE MARSHALL ISOLE

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ANTIGUA E BARBUDA E ANTIGUA EMIRATI ARABI UNITI ARABI EMIRATI ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 23 OF 33 N° OF MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA 166.538 168 of which recovered dead N° OF MIGRANTS ARRIVED ON THEIR OWN ON THE ITALIAN SHORE 3.473

TOTAL NUMBER OF MIGRANTS 170.011

98%

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ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 24 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 25 OF 33 EBOLA RISK EQUIPMENT ON BOARD

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 26 OF 33 EBOLA RISK – BLOOD SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION FOR ANALISYS (BIOSAFETY PROCEDURES)

In agreement with

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 27 OF 33 ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 28 OF 33 SITUATION AND SHORT TERM S.A.R. PROSPECTIVES THE ITCG (IMRCC) SAR CAPABILITY IS NOW ENHANCED BY THE PRESENCE OF STAND ALONE MILITARY VESSELS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND BY THE UNITS OF THE J.O. TRITON (FRONTEX) THE NEW EUROPEAN MILITARY OPERATION IN THE AREA WILL PROVIDE MORE SAR RESOURCES AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE COMPETENT RCC

ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS SLIDE 29 OF 33 FRONTEX JOINT OPERATION TRITON 2015

“J.O. TRITON 2015” – ITS AIM IS SUPPORTING (AND MALTA) FOR BORDER CONTROL BUT ALSO ENHANCING ITS (THEIR) SAR CAPABILITY TO SAVE LIFE AT SEA: AIRCRAFTS AND 5/6 OFFSHORE MILITARY/CIVILIAN PATROL VESSELS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES (ITALY, FRANCE, UK, ICELAND, IRELAND, FINLAND, ETC REG. UE 656/2014 - Article 9 - Search and rescue situations : 2 (a) … When, in the course of a sea operation, the participating units have reason to believe that they are facing a phase of uncertainty, alert or distress as regards a vessel or any person on board, they shall promptly transmit all available information to the Rescue Coordination Centre responsible for the search and rescue region in which the situation occurs and they shall place themselves at the disposal of that Rescue Coordination Centre.

ITALIANITALIAN COAST COAST G UARDGUARD H HEADQUARTERSEADQUARTERS SLIDE 30 OFDI 33 33 NEW EUROPEAN MILITARY OPERATION (EUNAVFOR MED)

EUNAVFOR MED OPERATION (TO BE LAUNCHED): ACCORDING TO EU COUNCIL DECISION (CSFP) 2015/778 OF 18/5/2015: “ (6) …. The UNCLOS, SOLAS and SAR Conventions include the obligation to assist persons in distress at sea and to deliver survivors to a place of safety, and to that end the vessels assigned to EUNAVFOR MED will be ready and equipped to perform the related duties under the coordination of the competent Rescue Coordination Centre.”

ITALIANITALIAN COAST COAST G UARDGUARD H HEADQUARTERSEADQUARTERS SLIDE 31 OFDI 33 33 CONCLUSIONS WHAT ITALIAN COAST GUARD (IMRCC) THINKS IT IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIVES AT SEA IN THE SHORT PERIOD? • THE EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION IN THE CANNOT BE AFFORDED WITH ORDINARY MEANS (E.G. SAR CONVENTION) • ENHANCE COOPERATION AMONG ALL THE EU MEMBER STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS • SUCH A COOPERATION, TOGETHER WITH FINANCIAL AND LEGAL MEASURES FOR COST REIMBURSEMENT, COULD ALSO RELIEVE THE BURDEN THAT DAILY FALLS ON MERCHANT VESSELS COOPERATING IN SAR OPERATIONS

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