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 Amnesty International has asked the Swiss federal government to investigate reports that child migrants arriving at the Swiss-Italian border are being prevented from joining family in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.it/20160811/amnesty-concerned-over-child-migrants-at-swiss-italian-border Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:08:44 +0200 amnesty-concerned-over-child-migrants-at-swiss-italian-border A team of Italian researchers have possibly uncovered the oldest ever fossilized footprint left behind by modern man's ancestor, Homo Erectus. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/italian-team-unearths-800k-year-old-homo-erectus-footprint Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:00:16 +0200 italian-team-unearths-800k-year-old-homo-erectus-footprint The head of the cantonal government of Ticino is warning that the border with Italy will have to be closed to refugees to stem the tide of asylum seekers entering Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/ticino-threatens-italian-border-closure-for-refugees Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:17:48 +0200 ticino-threatens-italian-border-closure-for-refugees Italian police said on Wednesday they had busted an Eritrean trafficking ring accused of smuggling migrants into Europe on perilous Mediterranean boat crossings, including one in which 244 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20141203/italy-police-bust-eritrean-people-trafficking-ring Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:34:00 +0100 italy-police-bust-eritrean-people-trafficking-ring More than 2,600 migrants were rescued by the Italian navy this weekend, authorities said on Monday, including a woman in labour. https://www.thelocal.it/20140707/italian-navy-saves-migrant-woman-in-labour Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:29:00 +0200 italian-navy-saves-migrant-woman-in-labour Italy's deputy foreign minister has visited Eritrea to discuss greater cooperation on areas such as migration in what was the first government visit to the country since 1997. https://www.thelocal.it/20140703/italy-hopes-to-rekindle-trust-with-eritrea Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:02:00 +0200 italy-hopes-to-rekindle-trust-with-eritrea A priest at the head of an association helping survivors of immigrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean on Thursday claimed mediators working with Italian police were in fact spies of the Eritrean regime. https://www.thelocal.it/20131031/eritrea-is-spying-on-shipwreck-survivors Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:07:00 +0100 eritrea-is-spying-on-shipwreck-survivors Italy on Monday planned a large-scale deployment of forces in the Mediterranean to manage the influx of asylum seekers as the latest boatload carrying 137 migrants arrived on its shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20131014/italy-plans-refugee-sea-operation Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:38:00 +0200 italy-plans-refugee-sea-operation When tragedy struck off Italy's coast last week, it was a Paris-based radio station that broke the news to Eritrea, home to a majority of the 300-plus men, women and children feared dead in the shipwreck. https://www.thelocal.it/20131010/eritreans-have-no-choice-but-to-leave-their-country Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:23:00 +0200 eritreans-have-no-choice-but-to-leave-their-country More than 600 migrants from Eritrea, Pakistan, Syria and other countries landed on Italian shores on three boats between Monday night and Tuesday, coast guards said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130820/hundreds-more-migrants-arrive-on-italian-shores Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:37:26 +0200 hundreds-more-migrants-arrive-on-italian-shores Seven immigrants drowned on Sunday during an attempted crossing to Italy by gripping on to a large tuna fishing cage towed by a trawler, according to witnesses from among the 95 people rescued by the coast guard. https://www.thelocal.it/20130617/seven-drown-in-italy-sea-crossing-clinging-to-tuna-cage Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:00 +0200 seven-drown-in-italy-sea-crossing-clinging-to-tuna-cage