Italy’s far-right former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, went on trial Saturday charged with kidnapping for refusing to allow a Spanish migrant rescue ship to dock in Sicily in 2019, keeping the people onboard at sea for days.
It is the first trial Salvini will face for his actions preventing migrant landings while he served as interior minister from 2018-2019 in an uneasy coalition between the populist 5-Star Movement and his far-right League party.
During the nearly three-week standoff, some migrants threw themselves overboard in desperation and the captain pleaded for a safe, nearby port. Some migrants were taken to land for humanitarian or
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