* Worst episode of Italian racial unrest in years * Cars burned, road blocked, some 15 immigrants arrested * Southern town still tense, thousands protest (Recasts, changes dateline from ROME, adds ...

ROME (Reuters) -The numbers of Italians leaving their country and of foreigners moving in have soared to the highest in a decade, official data showed on Friday, fuelling national concerns about brain ...

The fate of millions of immigrants is at stake as Italians vote in a two-day referendum that proposes to speed up the process of acquiring citizenship for foreigners who legally entered the country.

VENICE, Italy, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Immigration in Italy is a big theme at the Venice film festival this year, with several home-grown movies taking a critical look at how the country's authorities and ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 23 May 2008 UNHCR is following very ...

CAPO ROSSELLO, Italy -- The 15 bodies found in the hours immediately after the shipwreck were only the beginning. A day later, 12 more were pulled from the sea, and two days after that, a few more. By ...