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 Survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Libya in which some 200 migrants were feared drowned were being brought to safety in Sicily on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/survivors-head-to-sicily-after-new-shipwreck-horror Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:46:43 +0200 survivors-head-to-sicily-after-new-shipwreck-horror EU border agency Frontex on Wednesday launched its first so-called "hotspot" in Sicily designed to bring together European and international actors to help Italy tackle the Mediterranean migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150618/frontex-launches-sicily-hub-to-tackle-migrant-crisis Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:15:12 +0200 frontex-launches-sicily-hub-to-tackle-migrant-crisis