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 Italy second in EU for asylum requests in Q1 of 2016 Some 22,300, or eight percent, of asylum seekers across the EU applied for refugee status in Italy in the first quarter of 2016, figures released by Eurostat on Thursday showed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/italy-second-in-eu-for-asylum-requests-during-first-quarter-of-2016 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:45:27 +0200 italy-second-in-eu-for-asylum-requests-during-first-quarter-of-2016 Over 2,000 stricken migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Around 2,000 migrants seeking to reach Europe were plucked to safety from unseaworthy boats in the Mediterranean in 15 operations off the coast of Libya on Monday, the Italian coastguard service said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160524/more-than-2000-stricken-migrants-rescued-in-the-mediterranean Tue, 24 May 2016 10:33:04 +0200 more-than-2000-stricken-migrants-rescued-in-the-mediterranean Muslim mayor refuses to take in refugees UPDATED: A Muslim mayor in the Tuscan seaside community of Monte Argentario has provoked a political outcry for refusing to accept any refugees. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/muslim-mayor-refuses-to-take-in-refugees Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:20:40 +0200 muslim-mayor-refuses-to-take-in-refugees