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 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday accused Italy of abandoning hundreds of refugees in car parks on the outskirts of Rome and Milan, leaving them without shoes, food or money. https://www.thelocal.it/20140611/italy-abandons-refugees-without-food-un Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:15:00 +0200 italy-abandons-refugees-without-food-un After more than 300 migrants drowned off Italy's coast last week, the government and EU promised to boost efforts to prevent further tragedies. The Local looks to East Africa, where the victims came from, and Libya from where the boat departed, to find out what could be done beyond Italy's borders. https://www.thelocal.it/20131009/look-beyond-europe-to-stop-migrant-deaths Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:19:00 +0200 look-beyond-europe-to-stop-migrant-deaths