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  Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy are likely to see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s behalf Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach  Italy  may see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s behalf. Speaking during a visit to Albania in June, Italian Prime Minister  Giorgia Meloni  said the two centers designed to shelter the migrants would be ready to host the first 1,000 people by Aug. 1. But with that day at hand, intensive construction is still underway in one of them, casting doubt on whether it will be entirely ready in time. Neither Italy nor Albania has indicated when the first migrants are ...

  The centre-right Forza Italia leader has reignited political debate by supporting "ius scholae," which would allow children of residents to acquire Italian citizenship after completing formal education in the country. Italy's deputy prime minister and the leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, has sparked political debate by supporting the introduction of "ius scholae" — the principle that grants Italian citizenship to children of foreign residents who complete their education in Italy. Speaking on radio station RTL 102.5, Tajani insisted that Forza Italia, the centre-right party founded by Silvio Berlusconi, remains loyal to its coalition allies and voters but emphasised his party's independence: "We are not a single party, and no one can give us orders." The move distances him from his partners in the country's governing right-wing coalition, positioning Forza Italia closer to opposition parties who reject hardline positions on immigration...

  rom the usual sermon by Vincenzo De Luca we learn that they intend to present a bill on autonomy". Severino Nappi, leader of the League in the Regional Council of Campania, attacks the governor of Campania and relaunches a common work on the issue. "The president of the council - Nappi continues - should clarify whether he is speaking only for himself or also on behalf of the various left-wing parties, considering that in that political part everyone seems to support different positions. In any case, if at least this time they were to move from words to actions, we are pleased that on the left they are starting to understand that working for the future of the South and Campania must be in everyone's interest and not an electoral campaign ground". "Therefore, at the next conference of group leaders - is the conclusion - we will propose the establishment of a council commission that, in an open, shared manner and without ideological and specious barriers, will j...

  Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow for the vaccination of children against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The campaign will aim to vaccinate around 640,000 children across the Gaza strip and will begin on Sunday, senior WHO official Rik Peeperkorn said. It will be rolled out in three separate stages, across the central, southern and northern parts of the strip. During each stage, fighting will pause for three consecutive days between 06:00 and 15:00 local time. The agreement comes days after UN officials said a  10-month-old baby had been partially paralysed  after contracting Gaza’s first case of polio for 25 years. Around 1.26m doses of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) are already in Gaza, with 400,000 additional doses set to arrive soon. The vaccinations will be carried out by UN staff and other local health workers. Over 2,000 health and community outreach personnel have been trained to administer...

  For the three-year period 2023-2025, a total of 452,000 foreign citizens will be admitted to Italy for seasonal and non-seasonal employment and self-employment, divided as follows: (a)  136,000  foreigners  for the year  2023 (b)  151,000  foreigners for the year  2024 (c)  165,000  foreigners for the year  2025 .   In 2024, there are  61,250  quotas reserved for recruiting  non-seasonal workers  and  680  quotas reserved for registering  self-employed workers . The quotas reserved for  seasonal workers  are instead  82,550. The hiring of subordinate workers is possible in the following sectors:  road haulage for third parties and passenger transport by bus, tourism-hotel sector, mechanics, telecommunications, food sector, shipbuilding; fishing; hairdressers, electricians and plumbers; family and socio-medical assistance; seasonal tourist-hotel sector.   Within the t...

  Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of the   superyacht that sank   during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, his lawyer said. James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealander, was being investigated for possible manslaughter and shipwreck, lawyer Aldo Mordiglia said on Monday. Cutfield was one of 15 people on board the 56-meter (184 ft) Bayesian, which sank on August 19 after it was hit by a predawn storm while at anchor off Porticello, near Palermo. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his  18-year-old daughter Hannah  and five others were killed. Mordiglia, one of two lawyers appointed for the captain’s defence, said Cutfield would be questioned by prosecutors on Tuesday. He was previously questioned in the aftermath of the incident, while other crew members were questioned on Monday. Under Italian law, being under investigation does not imply guilt and does not mean formal charges will follo...

  Meloni expresses 'solidarity' with Trump after shooting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed "solidarity" with Donald Trump on Sunday and called for "dialogue" against violence, following the assassination attempt against the former US president over the weekend, AFP reported. "I express my solidarity and wishes for a speedy recovery, with the hope that the coming months of electoral campaigning see dialogue and responsibility take the upper hand against hatred and violence," she said in a statement. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini sparked controversy and ridicule on Sunday by speaking out in an interview on Rai television against "those who sow words of hate against right-wingers, fascists, racists, against Trump, Bolsonaro, Fico or other figures". "It happened in the USA, it had also happened in Italy to Berlusconi," he added, apparently referring to the late Italian ex-premier's hospital treat...