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 Another 900 migrants have been rescued from stricken boats off Libya, Italy's coastguard said Wednesday, three days before the end of what is already a record year for arrivals at the country's southern ports. https://www.thelocal.it/20161229/italy-says-another-900-migrants-rescued-in-med Thu, 29 Dec 2016 08:49:42 +0100 italy-says-another-900-migrants-rescued-in-med Some 1,800 migrants were rescued from waters off Libya on Monday, lifting the total picked up to 8,300 over five days, according to the Italian coastguard which coordinated the operations. https://www.thelocal.it/20160802/italy-says-8300-migrants-rescued-in-five-days Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:00:09 +0200 italy-says-8300-migrants-rescued-in-five-days The Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean on Sunday, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off Libya since Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160801/italy-says-6500-migrants-rescued-since-thursday Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:12:48 +0200 italy-says-6500-migrants-rescued-since-thursday The latest arrivals take the number of migrants to have landed in Italy this year to more than 80,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20160720/more-than-3200-migrants-rescued-in-med-italian-coast-guard Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:18:40 +0200 more-than-3200-migrants-rescued-in-med-italian-coast-guard More than 4,500 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean Tuesday on in 30 separate operations in the Strait of Sicily, said Italy's coastguard, which coordinated the missions. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/over-4500-migrants-rescued-off-italy Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:17:47 +0200 over-4500-migrants-rescued-off-italy A total of 3,324 migrants were rescued off Libya on Sunday in 26 different operations, the Italian coastguard said, bringing to more than 10,000 the total saved since Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/more-than-3300-migrants-rescued-off-libya-italian-coastguard Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:44:18 +0200 more-than-3300-migrants-rescued-off-libya-italian-coastguard More than 2,500 migrants seeking to reach Europe were rescued off the coast of Sicily over the weekend in 20 separate operations, the Italian coastguard said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160613/over-2500-migrants-rescued-off-italy-over-weekend Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:22:15 +0200 over-2500-migrants-rescued-off-italy-over-weekend Around 2,000 migrants were plucked to safety off the coast of Libya in the latest series of rescue operations in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160610/some-2000-migrants-saved-in-latest-rescue-operation Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:27:11 +0200 some-2000-migrants-saved-in-latest-rescue-operation Another 3,000 migrants were rescued from stricken boats in waters off Libya on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard said, lifting the total saved in the space of 48 hours to 5,600. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/italy-says-another-3000-migrants-rescued-off-libya Wed, 25 May 2016 10:35:15 +0200 italy-says-another-3000-migrants-rescued-off-libya 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 Italy's coastguard said on Tuesday it had rescued some 4,000 migrants in the past two days, adding to fears of a fresh push to reach Europe via that route as the number of migrants landing in Greece sharply recedes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/italy-rescues-4000-migrants-in-two-days Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:29:40 +0200 italy-rescues-4000-migrants-in-two-days Around 4,000 migrants and refugees were saved from waters between Italy and North Africa over the course of the Christmas weekend, with further rescue operations expected in the final days of an "exceptional" year, officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151229/no-christmas-break-in-migrant-flow-to-italy Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:57:02 +0100 no-christmas-break-in-migrant-flow-to-italy More than 1,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean over the weekend, Italy's coastguard said on Sunday, with further tragedies narrowly averted. https://www.thelocal.it/20150810/over-1000-more-migrants-rescued-off-sicily Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:00:37 +0200 over-1000-more-migrants-rescued-off-sicily Around 2,700 migrants were rescued on Wednesday off the coast of Italy, as Europe struggles to deal with a swelling tide of arrivals from across the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150716/2700-migrants-rescued-off-italian-coast Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:00:43 +0200 2700-migrants-rescued-off-italian-coast A 32-year-old homeless illegal migrant who jumped into Rome’s Tiber river to save a drowning woman has been given a year-long permit to stay in the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20150515/migrant-gets-permit-for-saving-drowning-woman Fri, 15 May 2015 11:09:14 +0200 migrant-gets-permit-for-saving-drowning-woman Italy reacted on Monday to the arrival of thousands of new migrants at its southern ports by demanding that its European Union partners meet the cost of taking them in. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/italy-demands-eu-stumps-up-for-saved-migrants Tue, 05 May 2015 10:16:16 +0200 italy-demands-eu-stumps-up-for-saved-migrants Ten migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe were found dead on Sunday, as the Libyan coastguard intercepted five boats carrying 500 people and ordered them to return. https://www.thelocal.it/20150504/ten-new-migrant-deaths-after-save Mon, 04 May 2015 10:17:30 +0200 ten-new-migrant-deaths-after-save A Syrian refugee will be granted her wish this Easter after staff at a Swedish animal shelter rescued her long lost cat from quarantine in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:30:55 +0200 swedes-rescue-syrian-refugees-cat-in-sicily The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation on Sunday to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast, local media said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150216/italy-rescues-more-than-2000-migrants-of-libya Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:06:00 +0100 italy-rescues-more-than-2000-migrants-of-libya The Italian navy said on Monday it had rescued over 2,700 migrants from boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend, and recovered two bodies off the coast of Libya. The latest figures bring the number of migrants rescued so far this year to 93,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20140804/more-than-90000-migrants-plucked-to-safety-this-year Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:35:00 +0200 more-than-90000-migrants-plucked-to-safety-this-year