New migrant tragedies in front of the Lybian coast. The patrol boats given to Gaddafi have turned their motors off.

We've said it time and time again, but no one ever listens. The Immigration Emergency has to end (at least on paper) by the 31st December 2012. Reception facilities, which have cost a fortune from the very moment the State of Emergency was declared by Berlusconi in February 2011, will be closed and as for the boats that continue to arrive- we must speak about them as little as possible, the old bilateral agreements still stand.

Migrants protest outside the Lampedusa Cie (Immigrant Detention Centre)

ANSA - Over 120 migrants went out of the Reception Centre in Lampedusa (Ag). They climbed a nearby hill and carried out a protest, requesting their immediate transfer off the island. The group was made up of the survivors of September 6th's sinking and the 74 migrants who were stopped the day before yesterday just off Lampedusa and then transferred to the Reception Centre.

Palermo, march in memory of the Mediterranean victims

From Redattore Sociale - A composed and silent procession in Palermo organised by the associations which make up the AntiRacist Forum. Imed Kamoun, Bilel's brother- one of the many missing from the sinking which took place two weeks ago, states: "We are asking you to look for the 77 missing."