https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland, Germany and Italy are preparing to launch a joint task force to detect and dismantle networks smuggling refugees and migrants into Europe, Swiss authorities said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150828/swiss-join-bid-to-dismantle-refugee-smuggling Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:21:01 +0200 swiss-join-bid-to-dismantle-refugee-smuggling More than 2,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year, data released in Geneva showed on Tuesday, bearing testimony to migrants' increasingly desperate attempts to reach the continent. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150804/mediterranean-migrant-death-toll-rises-above-2000 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:20:29 +0200 mediterranean-migrant-death-toll-rises-above-2000 More than 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of 2015, a 30-fold increase over the same period last year, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150421/iom-fears-mediterranean-death-toll-will-rise Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:42:32 +0200 iom-fears-mediterranean-death-toll-will-rise The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration says it has flown a first planeload of foreign nationals out of Yemen and aimed to continue evacuating foreigners stranded in the conflict-torn country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150412/iom-airlifts-foreigners-out-of-wartorn-yemen Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:28:08 +0200 iom-airlifts-foreigners-out-of-wartorn-yemen More than 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year, more than double the previous peak in 2011, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140929/migrant-death-toll-hits-new-record-iom Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:03:00 +0200 migrant-death-toll-hits-new-record-iom