ITALY WEEKLY SNAPSHOT (16 AUG - 22 AUG 2021) ITALY WEEKLY SNAPSHOT (16 AUG - 22 AUG 2021) Sea arrivals 1 35,320 17,335 +104% Sea Arrivals in 2021 by disembarkation site year-to-date arrivals year-to-date arrivals in 2020 6,198 3,322 +87% month-to-date arrivals month-to-date arrivals in 2020 Estimated # of arrivals during the last seven days 1,055 (BasedTop 10on arrivals most or common registration figures countries collected of by UNHCRorigin staff) 1 JanMon, - 30 16 July Aug 2021 155 Same period in 2020 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 257 Tunisia 24% Tunisia 41% Santa Maria di Leuca Wed, 18 Aug 2021 200 Sant'Antioco Sant'Antioco Crotone BangladeshThu, 19 Aug 202114% Bangladesh 0 16% Roccella Ionica EgyptFri, 20 Aug 20217% Côte d'Ivoire 56 6% Sat, 21 Aug 2021 256 Côte d'Ivoire 7% Algeria 5% Algeria PalizziPantelleria Turkey Sun, 22 Aug 2021 131 812 3,967 Guinea 5% Sudan 4% Porto Greece Eritrea 5% Morocco 3% Empedocle 487 Pozzallo Egypt Sudan 4% Pakistan 3% Tunisia 452 Islamic… 4% Egypt 2% 12,586 Iran 4% Somalia 2% Libya Lampedusa 17,016 = 1,000 sea arrivals Iraq 3% Guinea 2% Others 22% Others 14% Daily sea arrivals last week (16 Aug - 22 Aug 2021) Sea arrivals by gender and age, Jan-Jul 2021 257 256 8% - Women 200 71% - Men 155 4% - Children 131 (accompanied) 56 18% - Children 0 (unaccompanied) 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 Aug 19 Aug 20 Aug 21 Aug 22 Aug Weekly sea arrivals last year2,799 2,773 2,634 2,382 2,488 2,303 2,060 1,968 2,428 1,820 1,696 1,675 1,452 1,530 1,439 1,557 1,474 1,001 1,218 1,299 1,020 1,055 891 861 851 799 646 659 687 647 638 674 550 615 651 597 689 Asylum applications, Asylum applications by month, First-Instance RSD Decisions, 2021 Jan-Apr 2021 vs Jan-Apr 2020 Applications are not necessarily lodged by new arrivals Jan-Mar 2021 2021 vs 2020 2020 1951 Convention Refugee 3,714 13% 3,666 12,993 3,655 3,574 3,306 3,245 3,199 3,088 Subsidiary Protection 3,025 8,644 22% 2,270 Complementary 1,958 62% Forms of National Protection2 1,297 1,177 1,115 1,097 3 2% Rejection 149 Total first-instance decisions (Jan-Mar 2021) 9,415 Jan-Apr 2021 Jan-Apr 2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total pending cases (as of Apr 2021) 4 52,283 1 The charts above are based on figures from the Italian Ministry of Interior and UNHCR estimates. All figures are provisional and subject to change. Please note that, in addition to sea arrivals, Italy also receives land arrivals and air arrivals. The present document focuses on sea arrivals only, as per official figures provided by the Italian Ministry of Interior. 2 'Complementary forms of national protection' include decisions granting authorization to stay for humanitarian reasons under national law to persons who are not eligible for international protection, but nonetheless at riskof violation of articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR in case of return 3 'Rejection' includes all cases closed, including decisions not taken on the merits, such as inadmissibility decisions and no-shows. 4 Source: Ministry of Interior. This includes pending cases at first and second instance. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) data.unhcr.org/mediterranean .