Nicholas Farrell Nicholas Farrell

Matteo Salvini’s decision to turn away a migrant rescue ship is an historic moment

issue 16 June 2018

The refusal by Italy’s new ‘populist’ coalition government of the alt-left Five Star Movement and the hard right Lega to allow an NGO vessel with 629 African migrants on board to dock in Italy is an historic moment.

The leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini, now Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, is determined to fulfil his campaign pledge.

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