FILE PHOTO: Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini speaks to the media after consultations between President Sergio Mattarella and political parties to try to find the basis for a new government, in Rome, Italy, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's right-wing League party, must stand trial on charges of kidnapping over his decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country in 2019, a judge ordered on Saturday.
Salvini, who was interior minister at that time, left the migrants stranded at sea until prosecutors ordered the seizure of the ship and the evacuation of the people on board.
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