Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
and war-zone medical NGO Emergency founder Gino Strada on Monday
clashed over migrants.
Strada called the government "a gang of fascists and
dickheads" and said the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement had
aligned itself with Salvini's anti-migrant League on a hard line
of closing ports to migrant rescue NGOs.
He said this was a "terrible sign" and said after 177
migrants were drowned at the weekend that "the priority is
saving human lives, not killing.
"Instead, they are killing them".
Strada said Europe's ruling class should be tried for crimes
against humanity.
In reply, Salvini said the "end to the illegal immigration
trough is making them go crazy".
"Italy has raised its head up high again. They can insult me
morning noon and night: all medals, I'm not giving up!!!"
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