Matteo Salvini: Right-wing Italy politician on trial for blocking migrant boat

AndronETalksNews
BBC News
October 23, 2021
Italian ex-interior minister Matteo Salvini has gone on trial in Sicily, accused of preventing a migrant boat from docking in August 2019.
The right-wing politician denies kidnap and dereliction of duty charges.
Prosecution witnesses include Hollywood actor Richard Gere, who was on board.
Mr Salvini closed ports to rescue boats, leaving dozens of migrants saved from the Mediterranean stranded aboard a Spanish rescue vessel for three weeks in deteriorating conditions.
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