https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Prosecutors in Sicily have ordered a migrant rescue ship seized while they investigate allegations that the NGO operating it illegally dumped potentially hazardous waste at Italian ports. https://www.thelocal.it/20181120/aquarius-rescue-ship-msf-ngo-dumping-hazardous-waste-at-italian-ports Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:32:04 +0100 aquarius-rescue-ship-msf-ngo-dumping-hazardous-waste-at-italian-ports Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday launched an appeal to world governments to give migrant rescue boat Aquarius a flag after Panama removed it from its register, preventing it working legally. https://www.thelocal.it/20180927/msf-wants-new-flag-for-migrant-rescue-ship-aquarius Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:25:00 +0200 msf-wants-new-flag-for-migrant-rescue-ship-aquarius Two charities on Sunday lambasted Italy for pressuring Panama into revoking its flag from migrant rescue ship Aquarius, warning the move deals a "major blow" to humanitarian missions off Europe's southern coasts. https://www.thelocal.it/20180924/italy-pressures-panama-to-revoke-flag-from-aquarius-rescue-ship Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:51:49 +0200 italy-pressures-panama-to-revoke-flag-from-aquarius-rescue-ship Migrant rescue ship Aquarius was seeking a safe haven for 11 migrants it saved off Libya on Thursday after refusing to return them to the north African country, aid groups MSF and SOS Méditerranée said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180921/italy-salvini-denies-entry-to-aquarius-migrant-rescue-boat-again Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:05:52 +0200 italy-salvini-denies-entry-to-aquarius-migrant-rescue-boat-again Spain and Portugal on Tuesday offered to take in most of the 141 migrants on board the Aquarius after it was given permission to dock in Malta, resolving a new standoff over the rescue ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20180814/spain-portugal-to-take-in-most-of-aquarius-migrants Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:10:00 +0200 spain-portugal-to-take-in-most-of-aquarius-migrants 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.it/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 Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday warned another migrant rescue mission off the Libyan coast that it would not be allowed to land its "human cargo" at an Italian port. https://www.thelocal.it/20180616/italys-salbini-tells-second-rescue-boat-it-is-not-welcome Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:12:22 +0200 italys-salbini-tells-second-rescue-boat-it-is-not-welcome A rescue ship with 629 migrants on board that is on its way to Spain has become a "symbol of the failure of the European Union," the head of the Spanish branch of Doctors without Borders (MSF) which helps operate the vessel said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/rejected-migrant-ship-is-symbol-of-eus-failure Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:23:24 +0200 rejected-migrant-ship-is-symbol-of-eus-failure Italy's far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini suggested Thursday that hundreds of migrants aboard a rescue convoy heading for Spain were on a "cruise", as an NGO condemned their plight as a symbol of the failure of the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/italys-far-right-salvini-says-aquarius-migrant-ship-on-a-cruise Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:56:49 +0200 italys-far-right-salvini-says-aquarius-migrant-ship-on-a-cruise Amid rough seas, the Italian coastguard redirected the Aquarius rescue ship on Thursday along the east coast of Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20180614/italian-coastguard-redirects-aquarius-migrant-ship-sardinia Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:04:01 +0200 italian-coastguard-redirects-aquarius-migrant-ship-sardinia 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.it/20180613/aquarius-migrant-ship-italy-france-europe Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:36:19 +0200 aquarius-migrant-ship-italy-france-europe After refusing to accept an NGO rescue ship with more than 600 people aboard, Italy has begun transferring its passengers to Italian boats to take them onwards to Spain. https://www.thelocal.it/20180612/aquarius-migrants-italy-spain Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:47:52 +0200 aquarius-migrants-italy-spain 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.it/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 Spain said on Monday it will take in a boat stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/spain-not-italy-will-take-in-stranded-migrants-to-avoid-catastrophe Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:12:23 +0200 spain-not-italy-will-take-in-stranded-migrants-to-avoid-catastrophe The mayor of Livorno on Monday offered to welcome a rescue boat carrying hundreds of migrants that the Italian government refused to accept – only to delete his statement shortly afterwards. https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/filippo-nogarin-italy-mayor-livorno-migrants-facebook Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:46:02 +0200 filippo-nogarin-italy-mayor-livorno-migrants-facebook The UN refugee agency on Monday called on Italy and Malta to immediately allow a boat carrying hundreds of migrants to dock, describing the situation as "an urgent humanitarian imperative". https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/italy-or-malta-must-let-stranded-migrants-land-immediately-un Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:54:43 +0200 italy-or-malta-must-let-stranded-migrants-land-immediately-un Hundreds of people on board a migrant rescue boat have been stranded in the Mediterranean between Italy and Malta in a standoff between the two nations, with both refusing to allow the vessel to dock. https://www.thelocal.it/20180610/italys-salvini-threatens-to-close-ports-to-migrants-in-row-with-maltareports Sun, 10 Jun 2018 21:47:53 +0200 italys-salvini-threatens-to-close-ports-to-migrants-in-row-with-maltareports A baby boy was born on board a ship in the Mediterranean after his migrant mother was rescued trying to make the crossing from Libya, the NGO SOS Méditerranée said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180527/baby-miracle-born-in-rescue-ship-in-med Sun, 27 May 2018 10:52:15 +0200 baby-miracle-born-in-rescue-ship-in-med A group of rappers who say they had to flee Libya for their art were on their way to Italy on Wednesday after being rescued by a charity boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20170802/musicians-flee-libya-for-right-to-rap Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:39:56 +0200 musicians-flee-libya-for-right-to-rap They are unlikely members of the same crew: career seamen for whom it was initially just another job and landlubber humanitarian workers trying to make the world a better place. https://www.thelocal.it/20160531/no-longer-just-a-job-the-unlikely-crew-saving-lives-in-the-med Tue, 31 May 2016 10:30:00 +0200 no-longer-just-a-job-the-unlikely-crew-saving-lives-in-the-med