(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 20 - Deputy Premier and Transport Minister
Matteo Salvini on Friday said he was proud of keeping his
promise to fight mass immigration, entering a bunker room of the
Pagliarelli prison in Palermo for a hearing Friday during which
the court is expected to deliver its ruling over Open Arms case,
which saw him blocking the disembarkation of 147 migrants from
the Spanish NGO ship off Lampedusa in August 2019 as part of his
controversial closed-ports policy to curb irregular arrivals
when he was interior minister. (ANSA).