Matteo Salvini faces trial for blocking migrants at sea

Former Italian interior minister accused of abusing power by preventing refugee ship from anchoring in 2019 Italian political leader Matteo Salvini appeared Saturday before a Palermo judge in connection with a 2019 incident during which he blocked migrants at sea while he was the interior minister. Salvini, head of the far-right political party known as the League, is suspected of sequestration and abuse of power for having refused to allow about 100 migrants to land in Italy in August 2019. Continue reading...
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