Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Italian PM says EU countries have offered to take Open Arms migrants Italian Prime Minister Giseuppe Conte says six EU countries have offered to take the stranded Open Rescue migrants as the head of the charity aiding them says the shipneeds an emergency medical evacuation. 15/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian Senate rejects request for immediate no-confidence vote debate The League has presented a no-confidence motion in the government but the Senate rejected its request for it to be debated on Wednesday, and instead decided that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte should address the upper house over the crisis on August 20. 12/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Opponents hit out at Salvini's call for snap Italian election Lega Nord party leader Matteo Salvini is waging an unofficial election campaign from the beach, according to some political commentators in Italy. 11/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy moves one step closer to fresh elections Italy's ruling League Party to present no-confidence motion in Senate 09/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian Senate backs train link with France, widening coalition rift Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, widening coalition rift 07/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian police arrest six over deadly nightclub stampede Six people including five teenagers and a 39-year-old woman who had accompanied her daughter to the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in Corinaldo, were killed in the stampede on December 8, 2018. 03/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Matteo Salvini accused of racism after 'dirty gypsy' comments Italian social media users have said Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is "out of control" following a recent Twitter post in which he referred to a Romani woman as a "dirty gypsy". 02/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Salvini bans new migrant rescue boat from entering Italian waters Matteo Salvini has banned another rescue ship carrying forty migrants from entering Italian waters. The Alan Kurdi is run by German charity Sea-Eye and is heading towards Lampedusa. 01/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Rome strikes deal with five EU nations over stranded migrants An Italian coastguard ship carrying migrants rescued at sea was given permission to dock but not to disembark in Sicily last weekend. Medical staff allowed to tour the ship found that the 116 people on board had to share a single toilet. 31/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy EU seeks countries to take in migrants stranded at Italian port Germany says it is ready to take some migrants, refused permission to disembark from an Italian coastguard vessel in Sicily. 30/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian PM stands by League over Russia funding scandal Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte has stood by Matteo Salvini's League party amid accusations it sought illicit funds from Russia. 24/07/2019
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe 'Salvini is a coward': Outburst as EU divisions persist on migration A newly-elected MEP has called Italy's Matteo Salvini a coward over his stance on migration. 18/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian prosecutors launch probe into Russia collusion allegations Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini denied that his League Party took any money from Russia after allegations that a close aide held secret meetings in Moscow to seal the deal. 10/07/2019
Now playing Next World Raw Politics in full: von der Leyen meets MEPs -Von der Leyen tries to win over MEPs -Greece's new prime minister meets cabinet -Italy approves closure of migrant centre All this and more on Tuesday's episode of Raw Politics. 10/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Salvini broadcasts closure of one of Europe's largest migrant centres Italy closed its Mineo refugee camp on Tuesday, which was at one point Europe's largest. 10/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Migrant ship disembarks in Italy despite Salvini ban A migrant ship has disembarked in the Italian port of Lampedusa despite a ban by the country's interior minister, Matteo Salvini. 07/07/2019
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Sea Watch captain Carola Rackete released, but controversy rages on Captain of migrant rescue ship Sea Watch, Carola Rackete, has been set free from house arrest by an Italian judge after she docked the boat in Lampedusa against a military order. 03/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Heroine or criminal? Sea-Watch 3 Captain Carola Rakete divides opinion Carola Rakete, the captain of the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, which defied the Italian government ban and docked at Lampedusa, has said she regrets any alarm caused when the ship trapped a police boat against the quay. 01/07/2019
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Sea Watch 3 captain to Salvini: 'Don't play games with people's lives' A special report from on board the Sea Watch 3 rescue ship shows the conditions the migrants are living in. The boat is now in Italian waters after being denied permission to unload its passengers. 28/06/2019
Now playing Next Italy Tussle between Sea-Watch migrant rescue ship and Italian government continues The tussle between the Sea-Watch 3 migrant rescue ship and the Italian government continues as the coast guard has blocked its access to Lampedusa 27/06/2019
