Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini addresses the upper house of parliament ahead of a vote by senators on whether to allow magistrates to investigate him for refusing a migrant rescue boat permission to land last year when he was interior minister, in Rome, Italy, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Senate lifted the immunity of former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday, opening the way for a trial of the right-wing leader on charges of kidnapping over the detention of those on a migrant ship at sea last year.
The upper house voted along party lines and the result, 149 in favour versus 141 against, was widely expected. It is the second time Salvini has lost parliamentary immunity over a migration charge this year.
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