A Messina judge on Thursday
upheld the arrest warrants of the four people smugglers piloting
the migrant boat that was rescued by the coast guard ship
Diciotti.
The four, three Egyptians and a Bangladeshi, are accused of
conspiracy to favour clandestine immigration and sexual
violence.
The Diciotti rescued the 177 Eritrean migrants but they were
stopped from landing for 10 days by Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini who said the EU had to take them in.
In the end they were taken by Italian bishops, Ireland and
Albania.
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