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Italian senators have backed stripping far-right leader Matteo Salvini of his parliamentary immunity. It means Salvini could now face a trial for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea. It's in relation to a case last year when he refused to let a rescue ship carrying scores of migrants dock at the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right leader loses his parliamentary immunity | Euronews
Now a popular racist politician who illegally denied protection for asylum seekers when he had power as an interior minister has lost the protection of Italian law from prosecution. It is ironic. He had been using the refugees as hostages until the European Union agreed to take them. Salvini ought to have allowed the Italian prime minister or the foreign minister to advocate for a change in EU asylum policy rather than use his domestic appointment to conduct foreign affairs by breaking international law. It is to be hoped that the racist scoundrel will get his comeuppance.
Migrants are seen aboard the Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms, close to the Italian shore at Lampedusa
Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right leader loses his parliamentary immunity | Euronews
Now a popular racist politician who illegally denied protection for asylum seekers when he had power as an interior minister has lost the protection of Italian law from prosecution. It is ironic. He had been using the refugees as hostages until the European Union agreed to take them. Salvini ought to have allowed the Italian prime minister or the foreign minister to advocate for a change in EU asylum policy rather than use his domestic appointment to conduct foreign affairs by breaking international law. It is to be hoped that the racist scoundrel will get his comeuppance.
Migrants are seen aboard the Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms, close to the Italian shore at Lampedusa