Hardline Italian minister faces trial over blocked migrants


  • World
  • Friday, 25 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini gestures as he attends a news conference in Rome, Italy, January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - A special tribunal has recommended that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini face trial for refusing to let 150 migrants disembark last year from a rescue ship docked in Sicily, the far-right leader said on Thursday.

The court, which reviews investigations involving government ministers, overturned a previous recommendation by prosecutors to drop the politically charged case.

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