US EditionMatteo Salvini: Italian deputy PM takes stand in migrant kidnap trial
- Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, testified in a trial over his decision to block a migrant ship in 2019, claiming he acted to "defend" his country.
- Salvini, head of the far-right League party, denies charges of deprivation of liberty and abuse of office, asserting that he was protecting Italy from traffickers.
- In the trial, Salvini is accused of using his position as interior minister to detain 147 migrants on the "Open Arms" charity rescue ship, leading to deteriorating sanitary conditions.
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Targeted by justice for having blocked a migrant boat at sea, the boss of the League “fully assumes”. The NGO Open Arms ship had to wait three weeks to be able to dock despite deplorable health conditions.
Salvini claims ‘useful service’ for Italy at migrant trial
A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019.
Minister of the Interior of a previous government, Matteo Salvini, who has returned to business, faces up to 15 years in prison for “kidnapping” 147 migrants, including minors.
Salvini did 'useful service' for Italy, he tells court in migrant trial
Palermo, Italy — A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019.(FILES) Rescued migrants rest and gesture on the deck of 'Ocean Viking' rescue ship, operated by French NGOs SOS Mediterranee and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) on August 13, 2019, during a search-and-r…
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