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 A Syrian child with eye cancer was flown into Italy for treatment on Thursday, becoming the first to benefit from a new humanitarian corridor hoping to stop desperate refugees from attempting an often deadly Mediterranean crossing to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/syrian-cancer-kid-first-to-use-italy-humanitarian-corridor Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:20:54 +0100 syrian-cancer-kid-first-to-use-italy-humanitarian-corridor Italian families are adopting fewer children from overseas because of the high cost and the lengthy time it takes for adoptions to be approved, according to a leading support group. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/hight-cost-deters-italians-from-overseas-adoptions Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:14:59 +0200 hight-cost-deters-italians-from-overseas-adoptions Almost 5,000 refugee children have disappeared after arriving on Italy’s shores since last summer, with many passing through the small Sicilian port town of Pozzallo. The Local spoke to one woman there, who has witnessed both their fear and determination to survive. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/what-happens-to-italys-missing-migrant-children Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:07:10 +0200 what-happens-to-italys-missing-migrant-children