Italian Senate blocks criminal case against Matteo Salvini

Deputy prime minister will not be tried over refusal to allow 177 asylum seekers to disembark from rescue ship

Italy’s Senate has voted to block a criminal case against the far-right deputy prime minister and interior minister, Matteo Salvini, for refusing to allow migrants to disembark from a rescue ship.

In January, an Italian court ruled that Salvini should be tried for the kidnapping of 177 asylum seekers he prevented from disembarking the Italian coastguard ship Ubaldo Diciotti in August last year.

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