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 Several thousand people protested Saturday on the France-Italy border against European states closing their frontiers to migrants, AFP journalists said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180715/pro-migrant-protests-on-france-italy-border Sun, 15 Jul 2018 11:47:00 +0200 pro-migrant-protests-on-france-italy-border French police discovered the partially burned body of a man on the roof of a train travelling from northern Italy to southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180115/migrant-electrocuted-train-italy-to-france Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:39:13 +0100 migrant-electrocuted-train-italy-to-france A British and two French volunteers were arrested in Italy while distributing food to migrants which is banned in the town of Ventimiglia near the border with France, their association and police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170323/french-and-british-volunteers-arrested-for-giving-food-to-migrants-in-italy Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:36:49 +0100 french-and-british-volunteers-arrested-for-giving-food-to-migrants-in-italy A man has been arrested by Italian police for allegedly smuggling migrants into France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160817/italian-police-arrest-man-for-smuggling-migrants-into-france Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:21:10 +0200 italian-police-arrest-man-for-smuggling-migrants-into-france Italy and France engaged in a war of words on Monday as a standoff over 250 Africans stuck at their common border exposed divisions over Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/france-and-italy-clash-as-migrant-stand-off-opens-eu-rift Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:42:53 +0200 france-and-italy-clash-as-migrant-stand-off-opens-eu-rift