The Local Italy 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 Spanish naval ship arrives in Italy to take in 15 rescued migrants A Spanish navy patrol boat sent to Lampedusa to pick up 15 migrants from the charity rescue ship Open Arms arrived Friday off the southern Italian island, the Spanish government said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190823/spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:13:05 +0200 spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Spanish Armada sets sail to save migrants stuck off Italy Spain was Tuesday set to deploy a naval patrol boat to Italy's Lampedusa island to take migrants off a charity rescue vessel that has been stuck at sea for days as Italy refuses it access. https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:20:02 +0200 spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy Desperate migrants jump from rescue ship near 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 'Disgrace to humanity': Spain slams Italy's Salvini over refusal to accept rescued migrants Spain on Monday stepped up criticism of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's refusal to allow 107 migrants on board a charity vessel to disembark at an Italian port, calling it "a disgrace to humanity". https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/spain-slams-italyssalvini-over-refusal-to-accept-rescued-migrants Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:00:26 +0200 spain-slams-italyssalvini-over-refusal-to-accept-rescued-migrants Spain agrees to take Open Arms migrants and Italy refuses 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 Four more migrants evacuated from Spanish ship Open Arms 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 EU countries offer to take in migrants stranded in Mediterranean 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 Unrest among migrants on rescue ship stranded off Italian coast There are fears of violence breaking out among traumatised and anxious migrants on board a rescue ship as Italy, Spain, and Malta refuse entry to their ports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190814/unrest-among-migrants-on-rescue-ship-stranded-off-italian-coast Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:08:50 +0200 unrest-among-migrants-on-rescue-ship-stranded-off-italian-coast Rescued migrants in limbo as two charity ships banned from Italian waters Two charity rescue ships in the Mediterranean are seeking a safe port after being banned from entering Italian territorial waters. https://www.thelocal.it/20190802/rescued-migrants-in-limbo-as-two-charity-ships-banned-from-italian-waters Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:03:34 +0200 rescued-migrants-in-limbo-as-two-charity-ships-banned-from-italian-waters