Italy Lawmakers Strip Matteo Salvini of Immunity in Migrant Ship Case
Prosecutors in Sicily are seeking to charge Mr. Salvini with illegally detaining the migrants…
Italy Lawmakers Strip Matteo Salvini of Immunity in Migrant Ship Case
Wall Street Journal 30 July 2020:
The former interior minister faces a possible trial for refusing to let a ship carrying 150 migrants dock in Italy last year
MILAN—The Italian Senate voted to lift the immunity of Matteo Salvini, paving the way for the country’s former interior minister and the leader of the opposition to face a possible trial for refusing to let a ship carrying 150 migrants dock in Italy last year, and bringing the issue of migration to Europe back to the fore as the continent tries to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
