Dimitris Avramopoulos

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The Italian Senate has voted to set prosecutors, right-wing leader Matteo Salvini at the court hearing on charges of holding migrants at sea.

Mr Salvini, who formerly served as Italy 's Minister of the interior, is accused of illegal people on a boat off Sicily for days in August 2019.

Some of the 116 migrants remained on Board the Gregoretti for almost a week.

On Wednesday, a majority of senators voted for the testing of the anti-immigration League leader to go ahead.

Mr Salvini has repeatedly said he wants to go to court. He said The Chamber , which he wanted to "tell The World " that its migration policy "saved tens of thousands of people's lives. "

"I Am absolutely calm and proud of what I've done. And I'm going to do it again as soon as I he said back in the government," later.

senators out of his League party in The Chamber left to the vote rather than take part on Wednesday.

according to The Italian law, the Ministers have parliamentary immunity for actions while they were in office. But a Committee voted last month to strip Mr. Salvini of his immunity - whereby The Final decision in the hands of The Senate on Wednesday.

Mr Salvini-followers applauded his speech

The upper house Senate voted 152-76 in favor of the waiver of the immunity.

it was announced After the recording, Mr Salvini, in comparison with U.S. President Donald Trump , who was arraigned in December and threw the opponent to undermine his election result through the courts.

"I, like trump? He has a few more billion, and even a few more years, but it is a bad habit is to go from The Left side, through The World , to try to win by legal means," he wrote on Twitter.

If you followed successfully at The Trial , Mr Salvini up to 15 years to threaten in the prison.

Not afraid of populists-in-chief Salvini

By Mark Lowen , Bbc News , Rome

to circumvent The reaction of most politicians to refuse if The Hand of justice is knocking,, or to flee. The answer of Matteo Salvini : bring it on.

For A Man who built his political success on a hard anti-to try to migrant line, the decision, him for the blocking of migrants from Italy , feeds The Image he presents of himself as a defender of The Italian nation. Italy 's populist-in-chief indulging in a pageant, represents The Man of the people than by the targeted device.

And although any conviction could possibly be career-ending Matteo Salvini ' s policy, he will not be concerned too for today. The wheels of justice move slow in Italy : even if he had been convicted, he would have The Right to two appeals, which could take years.

And he will give us comfort from his predecessor, Italy 's populist Silvio Berlusconi , and was sentenced for fraud, his sentence then commuted and returned as in an Italian MEPs. A political comeback in The Italian style.

What is the accused Mr Salvini?

for years, some in Italy have complained that the country has a large number of migrants fleeing across The Mediterranean sea, and has called for other EU States to do their part.

Mr Salvini, in particular, a tough stance adopted towards migrants-boats while he was in office, the implementation of a closed-port policy.

On the 25. July 2019, The Italian coast guard ship Gregoretti picked up about 140 migrants trying to travel to Italy from Libya.

During the Gregoretti allowed several people from The Ship for medical attention, some 116 persons remained on Board for the day while Mr Salvini called on the other EU countries you take.

The decision instant drew backlash. Prosecutors opened an investigation about the conditions on Board, after reports that migrants had only one toilet between them.

According to the Catholic Church and A Number of member States agreed to care for the persons on Board in a business that helped then EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos , brokers, Mr Salvini finally agreed to leave the dock on July 31. July.

The League -leader insists that the decision to keep The Migrants offshore had the support of the Prime Minister , Giuseppe Conte and the rest of the government

But prosecutors believe he acted alone, ignoring the repeated requests of Mr Conte to solve them.

Italy 's Populist Five-star Movement - to the time in coalition with The League supports Mr Salvini in previous cases, such as when in the summer of 2018.

But The Party says that, in the case of the Gregoretti he acted alone.

Later, in February, Mr Salvini also before the loss of its immunity to other migrants case. He is accused of in August of last year.

At the time of the Italy .

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Source of news: bbc.com