Police officers are seen before the Far-right leader Matteo Salvini arrival, ahead of the start of a trial where he is accused of illegally detaining more than 100 migrants aboard a coastguard ship in 2019, in Catania, Italy, October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian judge on Saturday ordered Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and an array of senior officials to testify at a hearing into whether far-right leader Matteo Salvini should be tried for illegally detaining migrants.
The decision to broaden the investigation could prove awkward for Conte and comes at a time when his government is struggling to revise anti-migrant rules drawn up by Salvini during his brief time as interior minister from 2018-2019.
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