Open Arms plaintiffs demand over one mn from Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 20 - Lawyers representing the civil plaintiffs in the criminal trial against Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini over the Open Arms case on Friday requested that a Palermo court order him to pay a total of over one million euros to their clients.
    Palermo prosecutors have requested a six-year prison term for Salvini for allegedly kidnapping 147 migrants on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms ship when he stopped them from landing at Lampedusa between August 14-20, 2019.
    The measure was part of the League leader's controversial closed ports policy for NGO-run migrant rescue ships when he was interior minister five years ago.
    The civil plaintiffs include rescued migrants who were on the Open Arms and some NGOs. (ANSA).