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 Basking in the Italian sunshine, Syrians rescued by Pope Francis from a refugee camp a year ago are beginning to feel at home, sharing not only the joys but also the trials of life in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20170414/popes-syrians-in-rome-life-a-year-on Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:21:53 +0200 popes-syrians-in-rome-life-a-year-on Italian police have arrested two Syrians trying to travel to Malta on false passports who had Isis-related images on their phones, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/italy-arrests-syrians-with-false-passports-report Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:18:20 +0100 italy-arrests-syrians-with-false-passports-report Syrians paid traffickers €8,500 each for a place on board a yacht to Europe, seen as one of the safer methods of fleeing their country’s civil war across the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150422/syrians-pay-8500-for-yacht-to-europe Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:08:57 +0200 syrians-pay-8500-for-yacht-to-europe Syrians should be relocated from countries such as Italy to elsewhere in Europe, in order to evenly share the growing burden of new arrivals, the UN’s Refugee Agency told The Local on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:29:52 +0100 relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un Syrian asylum seekers are living camped out in between commuters and tourists at Milan's busy rail hub, their number growing by the day as charities and city officials try to help. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/syrian-refugees-stranded-at-milan-rail-hub Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:09:40 +0200 syrian-refugees-stranded-at-milan-rail-hub A French oceanographic vessel that helped find the wreck of the Titanic rescued 29 Syrian refugees on Monday, part of a group of 363 asylum-seekers that have landed in Italy in the past 24 hours. https://www.thelocal.it/20131007/syrian-refugees-saved-off-italian-coast Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:46:00 +0200 syrian-refugees-saved-off-italian-coast