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 One year after Italy opened migrant camps in Albania intended to hold people intercepted at sea, the legally contested centres lie almost empty. https://www.thelocal.it/20251016/one-year-on-italian-migrant-camps-in-albania-stand-near-empty Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:06:48 +0200 one-year-on-italian-migrant-camps-in-albania-stand-near-empty Giorgia Meloni, Italy's Prime Minister, is visiting Stockholm on Friday to meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and discuss EU issues, including migration. https://www.thelocal.it/20230203/italian-pm-meloni-in-stockholm-to-discuss-migration-with-swedish-pm Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:22:55 +0100 italian-pm-meloni-in-stockholm-to-discuss-migration-with-swedish-pm Italian police said on Thursday they had issued 18 arrest warrants for Italians and Tunisians allegedly involved in a human trafficking organisation bringing people from Tunisia to Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20221117/police-in-sicily-bust-alleged-tunisia-italy-human-trafficking-gang Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:32:47 +0100 police-in-sicily-bust-alleged-tunisia-italy-human-trafficking-gang Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday slammed what she called the "aggressive reaction" of the French government to taking in a migrant rescue vessel rejected by Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20221111/france-accepts-migrant-ship-as-row-with-italy-escalates Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:41:06 +0100 france-accepts-migrant-ship-as-row-with-italy-escalates French-Italian relations soured this week amid a row over migrant rescues, with the two countries accusing each other of "incomprehensible" behaviour. Here's a look at what it all means. https://www.thelocal.it/20221111/why-are-france-and-italy-rowing-over-migrants-and-what-are-the-consequences Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:52:01 +0100 why-are-france-and-italy-rowing-over-migrants-and-what-are-the-consequences France denounced as "unacceptable" Italy's refusal to take in a migrant ship, as the two countries wrangled over which should accept a vessel with 234 people aboard. https://www.thelocal.it/20221109/france-and-italy-wrangle-over-migrant-ship-with-234-people-on-board Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:09:33 +0100 france-and-italy-wrangle-over-migrant-ship-with-234-people-on-board Italy's new interior minister signed a directive on Tuesday seeking to ban two migrant rescue ships from entering Italian waters, as more vessels issued distress calls off the coast of Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20221027/italys-hard-right-interior-minister-blocks-migrant-rescue-ships Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:13:11 +0200 italys-hard-right-interior-minister-blocks-migrant-rescue-ships Over 430 people rescued in the Mediterranean prepared to disembark in Sicily on Thursday as two charity ships were authorised to dock just hours after one issued an ultimatum to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20220609/italy-allows-charity-rescue-ship-to-dock-after-ultimatum Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:08:56 +0200 italy-allows-charity-rescue-ship-to-dock-after-ultimatum Applications are open for a third and final round of our popular Solutions Journalism for Migration Reporters course, run by The Local's journalists and offered free for journalists and students in the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20211022/sign-up-now-for-the-locals-free-training-in-constructive-migration-reporting Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:00:59 +0200 sign-up-now-for-the-locals-free-training-in-constructive-migration-reporting