PALERMO (Reuters) – An Italian judge on Saturday ordered that Matteo Salvini, leader of the 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.
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.
The trial will begin in the Sicilian capital of Palermo on September 15.
(Reporting by Wladimiro Pantaleone, writing by Gavin Jones)
