Summary:
As confirmed by data from the Italian Ministry of Interior (MoI), the migration flow is increasing with the upcoming summer season and favourable weather conditions. As of 29 May 2016, the number of arrivals in Italy by sea during 2016 is 46,714 migrants, out of which 16% are children (4,541 are unaccompanied minors) 10% are women and 74% are men. Over the past months the number of migrants coming into the country has been increasing. According to UNHCR, there has been an increase from 9,149 arrivals in April to 18,788 in May this year. This trend is expected to continue during the summer months.
Due to the current situation and in the anticipation that the influx of migrants during the upcoming months will increase, the Italian Red Cross will continue its work to cover the continuing needs for food, drinking water and non-food items, first aid and health screening, psychosocial support (PSS) and restoring family links (RFL). This operations update no.3 has the objective of a timeframe extension from 31 May to 31 August 2016 with no changes in the budget at this time.
The Italian Red Cross is currently revising the emergency plan of action in order to adapt to the increasing influx of migrants during the coming months. A revised plan of action and budget will be available in June 2016, with an additional operational timeframe extension, that will include the expansion of the Safe Point model throughout the entire Italian territory and the provision of primary health care and humanitarian assistance including search and rescue activities.
Appeal history:
On 25 April 2015, a DREF allocation was released in the sum of 283,305 Swiss francs.
On 8 May 2015, the on-going Emergency Appeal was published for 2,710,576 Swiss francs.
On 23 July 2015, Operations Update No. 1 was issued, in order to adjust the action to the emerging needs, represented by the increasing number of migrant people in transit throughout the entire Italian territory.
On 2 November 2015, Revision Nr.1 was issued, in order to increase the number of beneficiaries up to 105,000 migrants: the appeal was entitled to seek for 2,775,269 Swiss francs.
On 25 March 2016, Operation Update No.2 was published in order to extend the timeframe of the original Emergency Plan of Action until 31 May 2016.