https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of people attended rallies Saturday across Europe to show support for migrant rescue ship Aquarius, stuck in port in the French city of Marseille after Panama revoked its flag. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181007/thousands-gather-across-europe-to-back-migrant-rescue-ship-stuck-in-marseille-port Sun, 07 Oct 2018 04:46:17 +0200 thousands-gather-across-europe-to-back-migrant-rescue-ship-stuck-in-marseille-port The 141 migrants onboard the Aquarius rescue boat at the centre of Europe's latest migration drama, are exhausted and mentally scarred after harrowing journeys, according to an aid worker on the ship. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180815/exhausted-migrants-on-frances-aquarius-bear-scars-of-the-past Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:49:19 +0200 exhausted-migrants-on-frances-aquarius-bear-scars-of-the-past Two French groups operating the rescue ship Aquarius said Saturday it was back in Libyan coastal waters for the first time since triggering a diplomatic row over migration in June. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180811/aquarius-resumes-migrant-rescues-off-libya-ngos Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:23:17 +0200 aquarius-resumes-migrant-rescues-off-libya-ngos Almost half of the 630 migrants that were rescued from the Mediterranean and arrived in Spain's port of Valencia at the weekend want to seek asylum in France, the Spanish government said Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180618/half-of-aquarius-migrants-seek-asylum-in-france Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:46:50 +0200 half-of-aquarius-migrants-seek-asylum-in-france The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking in Spain on Sunday after a turbulent week that saw Italy turn them away. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180617/first-aquarius-migrants-arrive-in-spain-to-cheers Sun, 17 Jun 2018 11:17:56 +0200 first-aquarius-migrants-arrive-in-spain-to-cheers Madrid said Saturday it has accepted an offer from France to take in migrants from the Aquarius rescue ship following a turbulent week surrounding the stricken vessel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180616/france-to-take-some-migrants-from-aquarius-rescue-ship Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:41:27 +0200 france-to-take-some-migrants-from-aquarius-rescue-ship Italy on Wednesday summoned the French ambassador and postponed planned finance talks, in an escalating diplomatic spat with France over the handling of a migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180613/aquarius-migrant-ship-italy-france-europe Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:36:19 +0200 aquarius-migrant-ship-italy-france-europe French president Emmanuel Macron blasted Italy as "cynical and irresponsible" for refusing to offer safe harbour to the stranded migrant ship Aquarius, while the French government defended its own decision not to allow the ship to dock. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180612/france-defends-not-taking-in-aquarius-migrant-boat Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:24:16 +0200 france-defends-not-taking-in-aquarius-migrant-boat