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 Two German navy ships on Friday rescued nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the defence ministry said, days after it joined a beefed-up EU mission. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/germany-navy-saves-200-refugees Fri, 08 May 2015 16:50:25 +0200 germany-navy-saves-200-refugees The family of a student murdered by a Moroccan immigrant last week have appealed for calm over the killing, saying they do not want their relative to become a symbol of the fight against immigration. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/appeal-for-calm-after-murder-by-immigrant Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:10:30 +0100 appeal-for-calm-after-murder-by-immigrant The EU said on Thursday it would increase aid to Italy to help cope with a massive influx of refugees and extend its own migrant search and rescue operation to the end of this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150219/eu-boosts-italy-migrant-aid Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:21:00 +0100 eu-boosts-italy-migrant-aid The UN refugee agency on Thursday urged the European Union to do far more to save migrant lives in the Mediterranean, saying its existing maritime border patrol is "woefully inadequate." https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/eu-sea-patrol-woefully-inadequate-un Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:03:00 +0100 eu-sea-patrol-woefully-inadequate-un Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Friday described migration across the Mediterranean as "one of the great European problems", following the death of 17 people on an Italy-bound boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20141205/17-people-dead-in-new-migrant-tragedy Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:09:00 +0100 17-people-dead-in-new-migrant-tragedy As Italy mulls ending its "Mare Nostrum" sea operation, Italians recount their experiences on the front lines of the battle to save tens of thousands of boat migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20141029/rescuers-recount-heartbreaking-moments-of-mare-nostrum Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:58:00 +0100 rescuers-recount-heartbreaking-moments-of-mare-nostrum The EU said on Tuesday it will launch a new sea mission in November to save migrants in the Mediterranean but insisted Italy must continue its own patrols. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/eu-to-support-but-not-replace-italy-migrant-sea-patrols Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:31:02 +0200 eu-to-support-but-not-replace-italy-migrant-sea-patrols As a new report finds European countries guilty of "radio silence" over Italy’s boat migrant crisis, one expert tells The Local that EU states need to get over their "national egoism" and take swift action. https://www.thelocal.it/20140909/eu-radio-silence-over-italy-migrant-crisis-report Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:26:00 +0200 eu-radio-silence-over-italy-migrant-crisis-report Italy said on Friday it wants to halt an operation to rescue boat migrants in the Mediterranean, urging the EU to take it over as the number of people crossing from north Africa surged past the 100,000 mark. https://www.thelocal.it/20140815/italy-urges-eu-to-take-over-migrant-boat-rescues Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:26:12 +0200 italy-urges-eu-to-take-over-migrant-boat-rescues The Italian navy said on Monday it had rescued more than 2,000 migrants over the weekend from boats in the Mediterranean, bringing the number it has brought ashore this year to nearly 100,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20140811/italy-rescues-nearly-100000-migrants-at-sea-this-year Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:37:00 +0200 italy-rescues-nearly-100000-migrants-at-sea-this-year UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged European governments to step up efforts to rescue and host migrants who cross the Mediterranean, as this year's death toll reached 800. https://www.thelocal.it/20140724/eu-countries-must-take-more-boat-migrants-un Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:18:00 +0200 eu-countries-must-take-more-boat-migrants-un The head of Italy's navy warned on Thursday that terrorists could be using migrant boats to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, amid increased concern among intelligence services of possible attacks by extremists. https://www.thelocal.it/20140703/navy-chief-warns-of-terrorists-on-migrant-boats Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:36:00 +0200 navy-chief-warns-of-terrorists-on-migrant-boats The bodies of 30 migrants were on Monday being transported to Sicily by the navy, while around 5,000 people were saved from boats bound for Italy over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140630/30-migrants-die-as-5000-are-saved Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:07:00 +0200 30-migrants-die-as-5000-are-saved More than 2,000 migrants arrived in Italy on Monday, bringing to a close an international operation to rescue refugees who had packed into 25 boats and travelled from Libya. https://www.thelocal.it/20140609/pregnant-women-and-babies-among-saved-migrants Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:44:00 +0200 pregnant-women-and-babies-among-saved-migrants Italy arrested four suspected people smugglers on Thursday from among 1,000 migrants rescued from rickety boats floundering off the coast after a perilous journey across the Mediterranean from North Africa. https://www.thelocal.it/20140321/one-dead-among-migrants-and-smugglers Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:13:01 +0100 one-dead-among-migrants-and-smugglers