A Catania probe into Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly kidnapping migrants aboard
the Sea-Watch3 NGO rescue ship in January has been shelved,
Salvini said Friday.
"It wasn't a kidnapping but simply a request for order and
rules, good!", said Salvini, who has closed Italy's ports to
NGO-run migrant rescue ships.
"Trials and investigations don't scare me, but I'm happy that
the magistracy, too, confirms that we can close the ports to
pirate ships.
"I'll continue to defend the borders".
The cases against Premier Giuseppe Conte, Deputy Premier
Luigi Di Maio and Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli, who had
stood in solidarity with Salvini, were also dismissed.
The Catania court found that the Sea-Watch3 ship "entered
Italian waters unilaterally".
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