Open Arms: Salvini at the bunker hall of the Ucciardone prison in Palermo
epa08928376 League party leader and former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (C, rear) and his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno (C-R, front) address the media at the end of a preliminary hearing, in Palermo, Sicily island, southern Italy, 09 January 2021. Salvini arrived this morning at the bunker hall of the Ucciardone prison in Palermo for the preliminary hearing against him about the Open Arms affair. Salvini is accused of kidnapping and refusal of an official document for having prohibited the landing in Lampedusa, in August 2019, of 107 migrants rescued at sea by the ship of the Spanish NGO Open Arms. EPA/IGOR PETYX
