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 Asylum seekers washing up by the thousands in recession-hit Sicily are boosting the local economy as hotels transform into immigrant centres, with help from state subsidies said to have caught the mafia's eye. https://www.thelocal.it/20141119/mafia-cashes-in-on-sicilys-migrant-influx Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:28:00 +0100 mafia-cashes-in-on-sicilys-migrant-influx