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's highest court on Friday agreed that Carola Rackete, the German captain of a migrant rescue ship, should not have been arrested for forcibly docking in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20200117/italian-court-rules-it-was-wrong-to-arrest-migrant-ship-captain Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:25:44 +0100 italian-court-rules-it-was-wrong-to-arrest-migrant-ship-captain The German captain of rescue vessel Sea Watch 3, Carola Rackete, who was temporarily arrested in Italy for docking without permission so she could let rescued migrants land, said on Tuesday her "actions were justified". https://www.thelocal.it/20190911/my-actions-were-justified-sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-defends-bringing-rescued-migrants-to-italy Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:01:29 +0200 my-actions-were-justified-sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-defends-bringing-rescued-migrants-to-italy German captain Carola Rackete, who hit the international headlines by forcibly docking in an Italian port with rescued migrants, faces questioning by an Italian prosecutor on Thursday over allegedly aiding illegal immigration. https://www.thelocal.it/20190718/migrant-ship-captain-rackete-faces-italian-court-hearing Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:16:22 +0200 migrant-ship-captain-rackete-faces-italian-court-hearing The head of a small far-right party in Italy spurned a Bastille Day party in Rome on Saturday in anger at Paris awarding medals to the German captains of a migrant rescue ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20190714/italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:20:32 +0200 italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals The captain of detained migrant rescue ship the Sea Watch 3, Carola Rackete, will sue Matteo Salvini for defamation after a tirade of insults from Italy's anti-immigration interior minister, her lawyer said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190705/sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-sue-matteo-salvini-defamation-italy Fri, 05 Jul 2019 19:46:38 +0200 sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-sue-matteo-salvini-defamation-italy An Italian judge ruled on Tuesday that Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete was free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban. https://www.thelocal.it/20190703/italian-court-rules-sea-watch-migrant-rescue-captain-is-free-to-go Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:52:55 +0200 italian-court-rules-sea-watch-migrant-rescue-captain-is-free-to-go Sea-Watch 3 skipper Carola Rackete faced jail time on Saturday after forcing her way into Italy's Lampedusa port with rescued migrants to end a lengthy standoff with authorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20190629/migrant-rescue-ship-captain-arrested-after-entering-italian-port Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:33:35 +0200 migrant-rescue-ship-captain-arrested-after-entering-italian-port The captain of a charity rescue ship blocked off Italy with 40 people on board said Friday the situation was "incredibly tense", as Rome signalled the stand-off may be nearing a close after other European countries offered to take the migrants in. https://www.thelocal.it/20190628/italy-allows-two-migrants-off-the-sea-watch-3 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:27:29 +0200 italy-allows-two-migrants-off-the-sea-watch-3 The captain of a migrant rescue boat that entered Italian waters despite the threat of a hefty fine said she is prepared to go to prison over her bid to bring the migrants to safety. https://www.thelocal.it/20190627/sea-watch-captain-ready-to-go-to-jail-for-bringing-stranded-migrants-to-italy Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:40:05 +0200 sea-watch-captain-ready-to-go-to-jail-for-bringing-stranded-migrants-to-italy The Sea Watch 3 NGO boat carrying migrants rescued in the Mediterranean said on Wednesday it was headed for Lampedusa island despite the threat of hefty fines from Italy's anti-immigration interior minister. https://www.thelocal.it/20190626/sea-watch-rescue-ship-heads-for-italy-without-permission Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:20:34 +0200 sea-watch-rescue-ship-heads-for-italy-without-permission The captain of the Sea Watch 3 charity rescue vessel threatened on Tuesday to enter Italian waters illegally to bring 42 migrants to shore after 13 days in limbo at sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20190625/sea-watch-captain-threatens-to-bring-stranded-migrants-to-italy-to-end-limbo Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:11:39 +0200 sea-watch-captain-threatens-to-bring-stranded-migrants-to-italy-to-end-limbo Italy's anti-immigration interior minister marked World Refugee Day on Thursday by insisting migrants rescued by a charity vessel are banned from entering Italian territorial waters. https://www.thelocal.it/20190620/more-than-40-migrants-left-in-limbo-on-rescue-boat-off-italy Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:07:31 +0200 more-than-40-migrants-left-in-limbo-on-rescue-boat-off-italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini Italy on Saturday cleared 10 migrants to leave the rescue boat Sea-Watch 3, Italian media reported, while pressing on with plans to ban the vessel from Italian waters. https://www.thelocal.it/20190616/salvini-clears-10-migrants-to-leave Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:00:10 +0200 salvini-clears-10-migrants-to-leave A charity rescue vessel run by Germany's Sea-Watch, impounded last month by Italian prosecutors as part of a probe into aiding illegal immigration, was released Saturday and given permission to sail. https://www.thelocal.it/20190602/impounded-sea-watch-rescue-vessel-released-in-italy Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:44:36 +0200 impounded-sea-watch-rescue-vessel-released-in-italy Families with children saved in the Mediterranean by the German charity Sea-Watch were given permission to land in Italy Friday, despite the interior minister's "closed ports" policy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190518/families-rescued-off-libya-allowed-to-land-in-italy Sat, 18 May 2019 11:44:34 +0200 families-rescued-off-libya-allowed-to-land-in-italy The Sea-Watch charity ship reported rescuing 65 migrants in distress off Libya on Wednesday, sparking an immediate warning from Rome to stay away from Italian waters. https://www.thelocal.it/20190516/italy-tells-rescue-ship-carrying-migrants-to-stay-away Thu, 16 May 2019 11:30:48 +0200 italy-tells-rescue-ship-carrying-migrants-to-stay-away Migrant rescue ship Sea Watch 3 has been given permission to leave Italy three weeks after it was detained for breaching safety and environmental laws, the coastguard said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190222/italy-releases-seized-sea-watch-rescue-ship Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:02:04 +0100 italy-releases-seized-sea-watch-rescue-ship Migrant rescue ship Sea Watch 3 committed no offences when it saved 47 migrants off the coast of Libya and delivered them to Italy, an Italian prosecutor said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190203/rescue-ship-committed-no-offence-italian-prosecutor Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:38:36 +0100 rescue-ship-committed-no-offence-italian-prosecutor The migrant rescue ship Sea Watch 3 has been detained in the Sicilian port of Catania for breaching safety and environmental laws, the Italian coast guard said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190201/sea-watch-rescue-ship-detained-by-italy-coast-guard Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:22:35 +0100 sea-watch-rescue-ship-detained-by-italy-coast-guard A charity ship carrying 47 rescued migrants docked in the Sicilian port of Catania Thursday, where the crew feared legal action as Italy's far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. https://www.thelocal.it/20190131/migrants-land-in-sicily-as-ships-crew-faces-uncertain-fate Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:26:04 +0100 migrants-land-in-sicily-as-ships-crew-faces-uncertain-fate