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Italian far-right leader could face prison for preventing rescued migrants' landing
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini attends a press conference during the G7 transportation ministers meeting in Milan, Italy, April 13, 2024
ITALIAN prosecutors have requested a six-year prison sentence for far-right politician Matteo Salvini for blocking more than 100 migrants from landing in Italy in 2019.
If convicted, the League party leader could be barred from holding government office.
The prosecutors in the city of Palermo have accused Mr Salvini, who is currently deputy prime minister and transport minister in the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni, of alleged kidnapping after a migrant rescue ship, operated by charity Open Arms, was left stranded at sea for 19 days.
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