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Italy Weekly Snapshot - 13 Sep 2020 Italy weekly snapshot - 13 Sep 2020 Italy weekly snapshot - 13 Sep 2020 (The charts below are based on figures from the Italian Ministry of Interior and UNHCR estimates. All figures are provisional and subject to change) Sea Arrivals in 2020 by disembarkation site Total arrivals (1 Jan - 13 Sep 2020): 20,981 Total arrivals (1 Jan - 13 Sep 2019): 5,847 Total arrivals 1 Sep - 13 Sep 2020 1,642 Total arrivals 1 Sep - 13 Sep 2019 712 Average daily arrivals in September 2020 so far: 126 Santa Average daily arrivals in August 2020: 172 Maria di Taranto Leuca Dead and missing in 2020 - Central Med (as of 13 Sep) 321 Dead and missing in 2020 - Mediterranean Sea (as of 13 Sep) 495 Dead and missing in 2019 - Central Med (as of 13 Sep) 658 Sant'Antioco Messina Crotone Dead and missing in 2019 - Mediterranean Sea (as of 13 Sep) 957 Trapani Dead and missing in 2019 - Central Med 754 Porto Empedocle Dead and missing in 2019 - Mediterranean Sea 1,336 2019: further 8 incidents, for a total of 547 people involved, were reported but are still under verification Pantelleria Pozzallo Estimated # of arrivals during the last seven days 1,020 (Based on arrivals or registration figures collected by UNHCR staff) Mon, 07 Sep 2020 0 Lampedusa = 100 sea arrivals Tue, 08 Sep 2020 128 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 294 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 145 Arrivals per month Fri, 11 Sep 2020 133 2019 2020 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 178 7,064 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 142 5,326 Sea arrivals of last weeks 1696 1452 2,498 1087 1020 2,017 891 1,654 1,830 1,642* 1,232 1,340 1,213 1,218 1,088 1,268 671 782 589 253 202 60 264 241 10/08-16/08 17/08-23/08 24/08-30/08 31/08-06/09 07/09-13/09 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec * (as of 13 Sep 2020) Asylum applications 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sea arrivals by gender and age - Jan -Aug 2020 (Applications are not necessarily lodged by new arrivals) 13,510 unaccompanied children | 12,805 men | 15,060 - 11,570 11,820 11,940 12,050 women | 1,107 - 6% 2,475 - 13% 10,070 10,390 78% 9,405 9,625 8,325 7,100 6,065 5,845 5,155 5,135 4,420 3,890 4,520 3,3405,040 3,240 3,175 3,040 3,115 3,595 3,535 2,485 children | 2,957 2,680 2,595 2,565 2,820 3,075 2,400 3,005 2,430 2,265 850 1,501 3,172 - 16% 122 889 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec accompanied children | Most common sea arrival nationalities in Italy 697 - 3% (comparison with previous month) 61% - 4,292 39%* - 2,086 15% - 1,043 14% - 733 1% - 67 1% - 53 3% - 196 4% - 191 1% - 70 3% - 160 Tunisia Bangladesh Côte d'Ivoire Algeria Sudan Jul 2020 Aug 2020 * % of the monthly total Estimated daily sea arrivals in 2020 597 574 584 556 491 434 418 425 403 345 371 396 295 313 294 276 211 232 194 192 190186 170 180 178 174 180 158 02-Jul 05-Jul 08-Jul 11-Jul 14-Jul 17-Jul 20-Jul 23-Jul 26-Jul 29-Jul 01-Jan 04-Jan 07-Jan 10-Jan 13-Jan 16-Jan 19-Jan 22-Jan 25-Jan 28-Jan 31-Jan 02-Jun 05-Jun 08-Jun 11-Jun 14-Jun 17-Jun 20-Jun 23-Jun 26-Jun 29-Jun 03-Apr 06-Apr 09-Apr 12-Apr 15-Apr 18-Apr 21-Apr 24-Apr 27-Apr 30-Apr 03-Sep 06-Sep 09-Sep 12-Sep 03-Feb 06-Feb 09-Feb 12-Feb 15-Feb 18-Feb 21-Feb 24-Feb 27-Feb 01-Aug 04-Aug 07-Aug 10-Aug 13-Aug 16-Aug 19-Aug 22-Aug 25-Aug 28-Aug 31-Aug 01-Mar 04-Mar 07-Mar 10-Mar 13-Mar 16-Mar 19-Mar 22-Mar 25-Mar 28-Mar 31-Mar 03-May 06-May 09-May 12-May 15-May 18-May 21-May 24-May 27-May 30-May United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean.
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