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 Migrant arrivals in Italy have dropped nearly 70 percent since summer as a deal with Libya blocks boats and would-be asylum seekers use other routes into Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20171031/migrant-arrivals-to-italy-down-by-thirty-percent-since-january Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:42:00 +0100 migrant-arrivals-to-italy-down-by-thirty-percent-since-january Three corpses were recovered as some 1,800 migrants were rescued off Libya on Wednesday, taking the total number of people saved since Sunday to nearly 12,500, Italy's coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/three-dead-as-italy-migrant-rescues-hit-12500-in-four-days Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:25:30 +0200 three-dead-as-italy-migrant-rescues-hit-12500-in-four-days The number of tourists from Saudi Arabia visiting Italy in June and July increased by a whopping 63 percent on the same period in 2015, according to new figures. https://www.thelocal.it/20160823/saudis-flock-to-italy-amid-fall-in-number-of-non-european-tourists Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:00:25 +0200 saudis-flock-to-italy-amid-fall-in-number-of-non-european-tourists In spite of Italy's position on the front line of the Mediterranean refugee crisis, just one in four of the country's municipalities has housed refugees and asylum seekers, according to a report in Italian newspaper La Stampa. https://www.thelocal.it/20160725/only-a-quarter-of-italian-municipalities-host-migrants-study Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:50:54 +0200 only-a-quarter-of-italian-municipalities-host-migrants-study Migrant arrivals to Italy have overtaken arrivals to Greece for the first time since June 2015, according to EU borders' association Frontex. https://www.thelocal.it/20160513/italy-overtakes-greece-as-europes-top-spot-for-refugee-arrivals Fri, 13 May 2016 18:02:04 +0200 italy-overtakes-greece-as-europes-top-spot-for-refugee-arrivals