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 An Italian coastguard vessel came to the rescue on Saturday of a rescue vessel funded by British street artist Banksy, which sent out a distress signal on Saturday with more than 200 migrants onboard. https://www.thelocal.it/20200830/italian-coastguard-comes-to-aid-of-banksy-funded-rescue-boat Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:17:56 +0200 italian-coastguard-comes-to-aid-of-banksy-funded-rescue-boat A refugee rescue vessel funded by British street artist Banksy called for urgent help late on Friday after lending assistance to a boat in the Mediterranean that was carrying at least one dead migrant. https://www.thelocal.it/20200829/banksy-funded-mediterranean-rescue-boat-calls-for-urgent-assistance Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:11:17 +0200 banksy-funded-mediterranean-rescue-boat-calls-for-urgent-assistance An Italian collective brought dozens of migrants to safety Saturday in the country's first such arrival by a charity rescue ship since the coronavirus pandemic eased. https://www.thelocal.it/20200620/dozens-of-migrants-rescued-off-italys-lampedusa Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:35:03 +0200 dozens-of-migrants-rescued-off-italys-lampedusa Rescue authorities found the bodies of seven migrants, including five women, after their boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, coastguard officials said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191124/bodies-of-seven-migrants-on-capsized-boat-found-off-italy Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:07:32 +0100 bodies-of-seven-migrants-on-capsized-boat-found-off-italy Italian coast guards on Saturday said they had rescued 143 migrants off the island of Lampedusa although around 20 others were apparently missing according to the survivors. https://www.thelocal.it/20191124/italian-coast-guards-rescue-143-migrants-from-l Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:03:22 +0100 italian-coast-guards-rescue-143-migrants-from-l The UN voiced alarm Friday at a "spike" in migrant boats departing from Libya this week, following fresh raids around the capital Tripoli. https://www.thelocal.it/20191123/un-warns-of-spike-in-migrant-boats-leaving-for-italy Sat, 23 Nov 2019 10:35:13 +0100 un-warns-of-spike-in-migrant-boats-leaving-for-italy An Italian diver who led a search for victims of a Mediterranean shipwreck has described the horror of finding the body of a baby, whose mother had clutched him to her as they drowned. https://www.thelocal.it/20191017/unbearable-divers-describe-horror-of-finding-victims-of-lampedusa-shipwreck Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:31:39 +0200 unbearable-divers-describe-horror-of-finding-victims-of-lampedusa-shipwreck The mayor of Lampedusa in southern Italy has criticized Rome's failure to deal with migrant rescue boats arriving at its port, saying national politicians have "exploited" the small island. https://www.thelocal.it/20190823/lampedusa-mayor-denounces-italys-collapsing-government-over-migrant-boat-standoff Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:20:44 +0200 lampedusa-mayor-denounces-italys-collapsing-government-over-migrant-boat-standoff Dozens of migrants who disembarked on Italy's Lampedusa island were again in limbo as a European deal to redistribute them failed to materialize and Madrid said it could fine the Spanish charity for rescuing them. https://www.thelocal.it/20190822/dozens-of-migrants-remain-in-limbo-after-landing-in-italy Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:20:59 +0200 dozens-of-migrants-remain-in-limbo-after-landing-in-italy Ten migrants rescued by a charity ship leapt into the water on Tuesday to try and swim to the nearby Italian island of Lampedusa in desperation after 19 days stuck on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/desperate-migrants-jump-from-rescue-ship-near-italy Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:15:21 +0200 desperate-migrants-jump-from-rescue-ship-near-italy Spain's government offered on Sunday to take in the charity vessel Open Arms with more than 100 migrants on board because of Italy's "inconceivable" refusal to allow it to dock. https://www.thelocal.it/20190818/spain-agrees-to-take-open-arms-migrants-and-italy-refuses Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:16:31 +0200 spain-agrees-to-take-open-arms-migrants-and-italy-refuses Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday reluctantly authorised 27 migrant children rescued at sea to disembark from a charity vessel anchored in limbo off Lampedusa island for days. https://www.thelocal.it/20190818/salvini-clears-27-more-migrants-to-leave-ship-in-lampedusa Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:18:33 +0200 salvini-clears-27-more-migrants-to-leave-ship-in-lampedusa Several more migrants have been taken from the rescue vessel Open Arms for medical reasons to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Spanish charity which operates the boat said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190817/four-more-migrants-evacuated-from-spanish-ship-open-arms Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:29:16 +0200 four-more-migrants-evacuated-from-spanish-ship-open-arms Six EU countries have offered to take in some of the 147 migrants stranded on a Spanish rescue ship near the Italian island of Lampedusa. https://www.thelocal.it/20190815/six-eu-countries-volunteer-to-take-in-migrants-stranded-in-mediterranean-waters Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:46:38 +0200 six-eu-countries-volunteer-to-take-in-migrants-stranded-in-mediterranean-waters A charity rescue vessel on Saturday brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa, the second boat to defy far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s bid to close Italian ports to them. https://www.thelocal.it/20190707/migrant-rescue-sailboat-defies-salvini-by-docking-in-italy Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:31:29 +0200 migrant-rescue-sailboat-defies-salvini-by-docking-in-italy The captain of a charity rescue ship blocked off Italy with 40 people on board said Friday the situation was "incredibly tense", as Rome signalled the stand-off may be nearing a close after other European countries offered to take the migrants in. https://www.thelocal.it/20190628/italy-allows-two-migrants-off-the-sea-watch-3 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:27:29 +0200 italy-allows-two-migrants-off-the-sea-watch-3 An Italian charity ship carrying 49 migrants rescued at sea said on Tuesday Rome had refused to let it dock in the latest stand-off between the government and private aid vessels. https://www.thelocal.it/20190319/rescue-ship-blocked-off-italy-in-fresh-migrant-row Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:45:00 +0100 rescue-ship-blocked-off-italy-in-fresh-migrant-row An Italian charity ship rescued 49 migrants at sea off Libya Monday, prompting a fresh crackdown from Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on ships which rescue migrants off the coast of north Africa and bring them to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190319/italian-ship-rescues-migrants-as-rome-vows-crackdown Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:10:00 +0100 italian-ship-rescues-migrants-as-rome-vows-crackdown Five years after the worst migrant shipwreck in its history, Lampedusa is counting on tourism for a fresh start, despite signs its golden sands may become a gateway to Europe once more. https://www.thelocal.it/20181002/italy-lampedusa-tourism-migrants Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:20:55 +0200 italy-lampedusa-tourism-migrants The migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where conditions have markedly deteriorated in recent months, will be temporarily shut down for renovation works, the Italian interior ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180314/italy-lampedusa-migrant-centre-shut-down-renovated Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:51:13 +0100 italy-lampedusa-migrant-centre-shut-down-renovated