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 cannot continue absorbing the tens of thousands of migrants landing on its shores on its own, the UN refugee agency warned on Monday, urging the creation of a system to share the burden. https://www.thelocal.it/20170704/un-refugee-agency-warns-italy-cannot-handle-migrant-crisis-alone Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:50:07 +0200 un-refugee-agency-warns-italy-cannot-handle-migrant-crisis-alone At least 58 migrants, including many children, perished in the Mediterranean last week trying to reach Italy, while 100 more are still missing, according to new figures published on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170530/at-least-58-people-died-trying-to-reach-italy-last-week Tue, 30 May 2017 19:25:13 +0200 at-least-58-people-died-trying-to-reach-italy-last-week Migrants rescued off the Libyan coast have described discovering a shipwrecked dinghy at sea, saying dozens of people including children were lost to the waves, the UNHCR and IOM said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170524/migrants-tell-unhcr-of-new-shipwreck-with-dozens-killed Wed, 24 May 2017 11:58:05 +0200 migrants-tell-unhcr-of-new-shipwreck-with-dozens-killed The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) has written to the mayor of Rome voicing alarm over the hundreds of migrants sleeping rough on the capital's streets while thousands more with legal residency are forced to live in squats. https://www.thelocal.it/20161130/un-slams-rome-over-treatment-of-refugees Wed, 30 Nov 2016 10:02:16 +0100 un-slams-rome-over-treatment-of-refugees At least 110 people are feared drowned off Libya after a migrant shipwreck and more may have died in another stricken vessel, the UN's refugee agency said on Thursday, citing survivor testimony. https://www.thelocal.it/20161103/at-least-110-feared-dead-in-migrant-shipwreck-off-libya Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:36:54 +0100 at-least-110-feared-dead-in-migrant-shipwreck-off-libya Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi began work on Monday as the new head of the UN refugee agency, facing the mammoth task of leading efforts to deal with record levels of displacement worldwide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/italian-takes-helm-of-unhcr-amid-record-refugee-crisis Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:19:45 +0100 italian-takes-helm-of-unhcr-amid-record-refugee-crisis The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has appealed to Italy’s millionaires to donate towards the refugee crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150908/un-calls-on-italys-rich-to-give-to-refugees Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:04:43 +0200 un-calls-on-italys-rich-to-give-to-refugees Italy saw a huge spike in Ukrainians applying for asylum in 2014, according to data released by Eurostat last week and analyzed by The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150326/italy-sees-boom-in-ukrainian-asylum-seekers Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:00 +0100 italy-sees-boom-in-ukrainian-asylum-seekers The UN refugee agency on Thursday urged the European Union to do far more to save migrant lives in the Mediterranean, saying its existing maritime border patrol is "woefully inadequate." https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/eu-sea-patrol-woefully-inadequate-un Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:03:00 +0100 eu-sea-patrol-woefully-inadequate-un The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on the EU to boost rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, warning of further tragedies after at least 29 boat migrants died of hypothermia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150210/un-calls-on-eu-rescuers-after-29-migrant-deaths Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:32:00 +0100 un-calls-on-eu-rescuers-after-29-migrant-deaths The top UN official for refugees has called on the European Union to consider imposing a quota system to stop Sweden and Germany taking in a greater proportion than other nations, following the arrival of over 170,000 boat migrants in Italy last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150204/un-calls-on-europe-to-share-refugee-care Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:30:00 +0100 un-calls-on-europe-to-share-refugee-care Italy received nearly as many asylum applications in the first half of this year as it did in the whole of 2013, figures published on Monday revealed. https://www.thelocal.it/20141118/italy-registers-surge-in-asylum-applications Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:00:00 +0100 italy-registers-surge-in-asylum-applications Around 3,300 Syrians have arrived in Italy by boat over recent weeks, many fleeing troubled Egypt where they had first found a haven from war, the UN refugee agency said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130913/3300-syrians-land-in-italy-over-past-month Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:41:00 +0200 3300-syrians-land-in-italy-over-past-month