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Deputy prime minister will not be tried over refusal to allow 177 asylum seekers to disembark from rescue ship

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Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini
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Italy’s deputy prime minister will not be tried for refusing to allow asylum seekers to disembark from a rescue ship last year, after the country’s senate blocked a criminal case against him.

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