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Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week

The Independent UK

EU’s von der Leyen announces plan to address migrant crisis during Lampedusa visit

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of irregular migrants and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy's premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.

France 24

What's behind the surge in migrant arrivals to Italy?

Thousand of migrants reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on more than 100 boats this week

The Independent UK

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Bus with migrants crashes as Italy transfers new arrivals to relieve pressure on Lampedusa island

A bus reportedly transporting recently arrived migrants has slammed into a truck north of Rome, killing the two drivers

The Independent UK

Italian island struggles to cope as migrant surge doubles population

A migrant reception centre in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.

France 24

‘Ghost parents’: Same-sex couples in Italy are losing their rights

Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded local councils only list biological parents on birth certificates, flinging hundreds of same-sex couples into a legal morass.

France 24

Germany halts deal to take in migrants arriving from Italy as numbers surge

The German government said it has stopped taking in migrants from Italy under a European voluntary solidarity plan, in what could shape up to be a new standoff over asylum seekers in the bloc. This comes as the Italian island of Lampedusa receives a record number of new arrivals.

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MEPs refused entry to Tunisia two months after signing of migration deal

Trip by foreign affairs committee blocked with no reason given, raising questions about country’s partnership with EU

The Guardian - UK

A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily

The Independent UK

India-U.K. agree to continue to ‘work at pace’ towards a Free Trade Agreement

Mr. Modi invited Mr. Sunak for a bilateral visit at an early, mutually convenient date for a more detailed discussion, and Mr. Sunak accepted the invitation.

The Hindu

Italy's Meloni meets with China's Li as Italy's continued participation in 'Belt and Road' in doubt

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

The Independent UK

Italy approves law making it easier to arrest children as young as 14

Juvenile crime crackdown will mean children can be arrested if they are caught carrying weapons or drugs

The Guardian - UK

Meloni's government approves crackdown on juvenile crime after a spate of rapes, youth criminality

The right-wing government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has approved a decree to crack down on juvenile delinquency, allowing children as young as six to be arrested

The Independent UK

Former Italian premier claims French missile downed passenger jet in 1980, presses Paris for truth

A former Italian premier is contending that a French air force missile brought down a passenger jet over the Mediterranean Sea in 1980 and is appealing to France's president to respond

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Italy's Meloni visits Naples suburb where 2 girls were allegedly raped by youths, pledges crackdown

Under heavy security, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited a rundown Naples suburb where drug traffickers operate largely with impunity and two girls were allegedly repeatedly raped by local youths

The Guardian - UK

‘Avoid getting drunk’: row erupts over rape comments by Italy PM’s partner

Giorgia Meloni called on to condemn partner who appeared to suggest women could avoid rape by not getting too drunk

The Guardian - UK

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Independent UK

Italian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with pursuit of far-right agenda

When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of the post-war era, she steeped her winning campaign in the sharply ideological rhetoric of national sovereignty, “traditional families” and fear of migrants

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The Guardian - UK

‘Orphaned by decree’: Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights

Rightwing PM Giorgia Meloni has demanded councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in legal limbo

The Guardian - UK

Giving Puglia the boot: Italians shun domestic resorts and head to Albania

Italians frustrated by the cost of holidays at home are opting for the cheaper shores across the Adriatic

The Conversation

Contested memory in Giorgia Meloni's Italy: how her far-right party is waging a subtle campaign to commemorate fascist figures

Since coming to power, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her party Brothers of Italy have repeatedly raised the question of who and what is remembered in Italy. They have paid particular attention to how the experience of Italian fascism is told.

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s Meloni defends windfall tax move against banks

PM says ‘the right things must be done’, having watered down measure in response to fall in lenders’ shares

The Guardian - UK

Italian writer and campaigner Michela Murgia dies at 51

Anti-fascist novelist was a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and had recently made her illness public

The Guardian - UK

Crooked pubs, listed churches and scouting chaos – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Italian official rebuked for proclaiming innocence of Bologna terrorists

Marcello De Angelis, a communications chief for the Lazio region, said he knew the trio were not involved in the 1980 explosion

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