https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two migrant mothers and their two children on board the German rescue ship Sea-Eye have refused to leave without their fathers, Italian officials and the NGO said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190406/italy-says-migrant-mothers-kids-refuse-to-leave-german-rescue-ship Sat, 06 Apr 2019 13:07:26 +0200 italy-says-migrant-mothers-kids-refuse-to-leave-german-rescue-ship A British-based nurse who used the threat of voodoo on five women to traffick them from Nigeria to work as prostitutes in Germany was on Wednesday jailed for 14 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20180705/nurse-jailed-after-using-voodoo-threat-to-traffick-women-to-germany Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:56:54 +0200 nurse-jailed-after-using-voodoo-threat-to-traffick-women-to-germany German charity Mission Lifeline, whose rescue ship with almost 240 African migrants aboard has been denied entry by Italy, Sunday fired back at Rome's far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.de/20180624/german-migrant-rescue-charity-fires-back-at-italys-salvini-as-eu-tensions-simmer Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:54:37 +0200 german-migrant-rescue-charity-fires-back-at-italys-salvini-as-eu-tensions-simmer Italian authorities on Wednesday impounded a German NGO's migrant rescue boat on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/italy-impounds-german-ngo-migrant-rescue-boat-suspect-of-aiding-illegal-immigration Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:25:38 +0200 italy-impounds-german-ngo-migrant-rescue-boat-suspect-of-aiding-illegal-immigration Germany's biggest media gala kicked into its usual glamorous swing last Friday, but now it is kicking up a storm after an event publication satirically advertised 'swimming lessons for refugees on the Mediterranean'. https://www.thelocal.de/20161130/media-event-shocks-with-mediterranean-swim-lessons-for-refugees Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:53:18 +0100 media-event-shocks-with-mediterranean-swim-lessons-for-refugees This young Berliner tells The Local how he's been working with an NGO to search for refugees on the Mediterranean - and will soon bring that quest to the skies. https://www.thelocal.de/20160818/berlin-student-to-take-to-the-skies-to-save-refugees Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:26:52 +0200 berlin-student-to-take-to-the-skies-to-save-refugees A photo of a dead migrant baby pulled from the Mediterranean was published by a charity hoping to force European leaders to grant migrants safe passage, after hundreds were presumed to have died at sea last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20160531/med Tue, 31 May 2016 10:23:25 +0200 med A privately-funded ship sets off to the Mediterranean sea from the German port of Bremerhaven on Thursday, hoping to save refugees from drowning as they make the dangerous crossing on unsafe boats. https://www.thelocal.de/20160204/german-volunteers-ship-out-for-med-refugee-aid-mission Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:46:22 +0100 german-volunteers-ship-out-for-med-refugee-aid-mission Germany's navy said Saturday it rescued over 10,000 migrants at sea this year, including more than 500 people off the coast of Libya on Christmas day. https://www.thelocal.de/20151227/german-navy-rescued-10000-migrants-in-med Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:43:12 +0100 german-navy-rescued-10000-migrants-in-med A woman in western Germany was horrified on Sunday after finding a scorpion in her bed that had stowed away during her sunshine holiday this summer. https://www.thelocal.de/20151125/woman-sleeps-with-scorpion-for-3-months Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:27:35 +0100 woman-sleeps-with-scorpion-for-3-months UPDATE: Germany plans to expand its naval operations against human traffickers as part of an EU mission in the Mediterranean, Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet decided Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150916/950-soldiers-to-fight-med-people-smugglers Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:04:34 +0200 950-soldiers-to-fight-med-people-smugglers The Local's pointers for how to get started if you're interested in donating your money, unwanted possessions, time or skills to help refugees in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150903/five-ways-you-can-help-refugees-in-germany Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:09:33 +0200 five-ways-you-can-help-refugees-in-germany Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel published a 10-point plan on Monday to reform the way Europe deals with refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20150825/germany-unveils-eu-refugee-policy-plan Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:35:42 +0200 germany-unveils-eu-refugee-policy-plan Based on new projections for the number of asylum seekers expected to arrive in Germany this year, the country may have to find €10 billion to fund its already creaking system. https://www.thelocal.de/20150820/asylum-could-cost-germany-10bn-in-2015 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:33:44 +0200 asylum-could-cost-germany-10bn-in-2015 EU ministers failed to agree on Monday on how to redistribute a total of 40,000 migrants from overstretched Italy and Greece as several countries refused to fully participate in the immigration sharing programme. https://www.thelocal.de/20150721/eu-leaders-fail-to-agree-on-refugee-relocation Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:22:36 +0200 eu-leaders-fail-to-agree-on-refugee-relocation German sailors rescued 544 refugees from wooden boats off the Libyan coast on Monday, the Bundeswehr (German military) said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150616/german-navy-saves-544-med-refugees Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:33:49 +0200 german-navy-saves-544-med-refugees Fabrice Leggeri, head of the European border agency Frontex, said in Berlin on Wednesday that he was planning more interventions around Greek islands in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.de/20150610/eu-border-boss-plans-greek-coast-intervention Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:48:01 +0200 eu-border-boss-plans-greek-coast-intervention European powerhouses France and Germany on Monday called on the EU to revise its plan to admit asylum seekers landing in Europe, saying there was insufficient "balance". https://www.thelocal.de/20150601/germany-calls-for-change-to-eu-asylum-plan Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:01:11 +0200 germany-calls-for-change-to-eu-asylum-plan German forces will join in a pan-EU mission to stop people traffickers operating in the Mediterranean, agreed on at a meeting of foreign and defence ministers from across Europe in Brussels on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/germany-joins-eu-mission-against-traffickers Tue, 19 May 2015 10:25:56 +0200 germany-joins-eu-mission-against-traffickers The German frigate 'Hesse' helped save 2,220 refugees off the coast of Libya on Thursday, in a mission carried out in cooperation with the Italian coast guard and navy. https://www.thelocal.de/20150515/german-frigate-helps-save-2220-refugees Fri, 15 May 2015 11:05:42 +0200 german-frigate-helps-save-2220-refugees