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 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 The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded. https://www.thelocal.it/20190810/rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:27:47 +0200 rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday declared war on mafia networks exploiting foreign agricultural workers after 16 died in two crashes in the country's south. https://www.thelocal.it/20180808/italys-salvini-declares-war-on-mafia-after-migrant-worker-deaths Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:53:34 +0200 italys-salvini-declares-war-on-mafia-after-migrant-worker-deaths Some 255 migrants were rescued overnight in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, just before a front of bad weather hit the area, the Italian coastguard said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171226/255-migrants-rescued-in-med-italian-coastguard Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:59:25 +0100 255-migrants-rescued-in-med-italian-coastguard Italian pathologists began post-mortem examinations Wednesday of 26 migrant girls found dead at sea, as Nigeria called for an international inquiry into their deaths. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:07:58 +0100 italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls At least eight people are feared to have died after a Tunisian warship collided with a migrant boat heading towards Italy on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/at-least-eight-feared-dead-after-tunisian-ship-collides-with-migrant-boat Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:04:14 +0200 at-least-eight-feared-dead-after-tunisian-ship-collides-with-migrant-boat Italy has warned NGOs operating migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean they will not be allowed to continue if they do not sign up to new rules governing their operations. https://www.thelocal.it/20170803/taly-toughens-tone-on-ngo-migrant-rescue-boats Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:39:07 +0200 taly-toughens-tone-on-ngo-migrant-rescue-boats The number of migrants rescued at sea this year in operations run by Italy's coastguard topped 15,000 on Friday after another 900 people were saved, including eight-month-old Syrian twins and five other babies. https://www.thelocal.it/20170304/italy-migrant-rescues-hit-record-as-900-more-saved Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:43:01 +0100 italy-migrant-rescues-hit-record-as-900-more-saved The Italian coastguard on Monday said rescuers had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants in search and rescue operations which saved nearly 2,700 people making the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/italian-navy-recovers-six-dead-migrants Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:23:30 +0200 italian-navy-recovers-six-dead-migrants A young Afghan refugee has been rescued by Italian police after travelling 400km while hanging from the undercarriage of an articulated lorry. https://www.thelocal.it/20160823/refugee-travels-400km-strapped-underneath-italian-lorry Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:07:18 +0200 refugee-travels-400km-strapped-underneath-italian-lorry Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya Thursday, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:53:00 +0200 syrian-baby-and-five-year-old-dead-in-migrant-boat-tragedy An online project seeking to discourage migrants dreaming of a better life in Italy from making the dangerous journey to central Europe was launched by the Italian government on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/italy-launches-internet-campaign-to-put-off-would-be-migrants Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:55:54 +0200 italy-launches-internet-campaign-to-put-off-would-be-migrants "They squeezed them in everywhere for their last trip, packing them in like on the trains for Auschwitz". https://www.thelocal.it/20160721/migrant-shipwreck-bodies-packed-in-like-on-auschwitz-trains Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:45:36 +0200 migrant-shipwreck-bodies-packed-in-like-on-auschwitz-trains Italy has finished the gruesome task of recovering migrant bodies from a fishing boat that sank with hundreds of people aboard more than a year ago, the navy said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160714/italy-finishes-removing-corpses-from-raised-migrant-wreck Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:38:07 +0200 italy-finishes-removing-corpses-from-raised-migrant-wreck A man was arrested on suspicion of killing Nigerian asylum seeker Emmanuel Chidi Namdi on Thursday, as condemnation and tributes poured in from Italian officials. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/nigerian-asylum-seeker-dies-in-italy-after-hate-attack Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:34:14 +0200 nigerian-asylum-seeker-dies-in-italy-after-hate-attack Border guards at a Swiss train station were shocked to find an Eritrean migrant trying to sneak into the country from Italy crammed inside a suitcase. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/migrant-busted-trying-to-sneak-to-switzerland-in-suitcase Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:25:49 +0200 migrant-busted-trying-to-sneak-to-switzerland-in-suitcase At least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160630/at-least-10-dead-on-sinking-migrant-boat-italian-coastguard Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:56:08 +0200 at-least-10-dead-on-sinking-migrant-boat-italian-coastguard The number of unaccompanied minors among Italy's refugees has doubled since last year, as smugglers' exploitative "pay as you go" deals attract cashless teens. https://www.thelocal.it/20160614/number-of-migrant-children-crossing-alone-to-italy-doubles-in-2016 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:26:40 +0200 number-of-migrant-children-crossing-alone-to-italy-doubles-in-2016 An Eritrean man extradited to Italy on suspicion of being the head of a migrant trafficking ring has told investigators he is not the man they want, his lawyer said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160610/eritrean-denies-being-top-migrant-trafficker-lawyer Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:42:57 +0200 eritrean-denies-being-top-migrant-trafficker-lawyer An estimated 400 foreign seasonal workers gathered in front of the town hall of San Ferdinando, Calabria, on Thursday to protest the killing of a colleague by a police officer. https://www.thelocal.it/20160609/calabrian-migrants-protest-over-racist-police-shooting Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:26:20 +0200 calabrian-migrants-protest-over-racist-police-shooting