An Italian court has acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally blocking migrants on a rescue ship in 2019, when he was Interior Minister.
Salvini has strongly denied the charges, saying he is proud to defend Italy’s borders.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons has more.
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Deport them migrants
Liked to colonize 😂
Migrants they are bloodly illegals send them to Saudi Arabia
Im so shocked, never thought he'd get off. Lol.
He didn't put them on the boat. Illegal immigrants were on the boat, note "illegal". Did they get charged?
Justice has fallen in Italy.
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🥳🙈Salvini is also italian Govermment member ….unfortunately…
Italian colonizers
هل استوعب شعوب العالم لماذا ينشرون الرذيلة (المثلية) والمخدرات والكحول بين شعوب العالم ..ميليشيا ورقة بلفور بفلسطين..هم و تجار الحروب لا يريدون شعوب مستقيمة يريدون شعوب منحلة
The self 🎉proclaimed terrorist wicked prophet Muhammad pedophile Nabi and his terrorist followers are threat to the world. Europe wake up please
Good, respect borders.
OMG. He didn’t let illegal economic migrants in. Unforgivable. 😂
Salvini is a racist and should had been punished but because of the intimidation of judges by the prime minister that was why they cleared him of the criminal charges he committed shame government of the day in Italy fdi n legal
Shameful sentence. Salvini is an important member of the government also. Italy's giustice is tumbling down.
The question is why are the refugees fleeing to non Muslim countries??