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Refugees allowed to leave ship as prosecutor investigates Salvini
[Al Jazeera] Italia's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is under investigation by a Sicilian prosecutor for refusing to allow more than 150 Salvini, who is also Italia's interior minister, is being investigated for abuse of office, kidnapping and illegal arrest, after forcing refugees to stay on a ship at the Sicilian port of Catania for almost a week. Salvini blocked them from disembarking the Diciotti in the absence of an agreement from other European member states to share the responsibility of relocation. Following the news of the investigation, Italian authorities allowed people to get off the ship, hours after Saturday's decision to let 16 people off who were unwell. Salvini, leader of the far-right anti-migration League party, responded to the investigation into his conduct on his Facebook page. "The prosecutor of Agrigento wants my information? Don't waste your time, I'll give it to you. Matteo Salvini, born in Milan on 9/3/1973, resident in Milan with Italian citizenship," he said. "I'm proud to be questioned and locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! if for defending and securing the borders of our country." Posted by: Fred 2018-08-27 |
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