Italy#39;s far-right interior minister faces probe over stranded migrants

pa href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/italy-threatens-eu-funding-migrant-row-152303413.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/BpX6flM90e4Lsw9Ev4m3ug--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/9ec5d5afa5b9ca8c035c219f711130bb166f8e9c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Italy#39;s far-right interior minister faces probe over stranded migrants" align="left" title="Italy#39;s far-right interior minister faces probe over stranded migrants" border="0" /aProsecutors in Sicily on Saturday opened an inquiry into Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for "illegal confinement, illegal arrest and abuse of power", reports said, over his refusal to allow over 100 rescued migrants off a coastguard ship. Authorities earlier allowed a dozen migrants to leave the Diciotti where they have been stranded for days, as it also hailed Albania for offering to accept some of those on board. Rome has blocked most of the migrants from stepping off the boat which docked at the port of Catania in Sicily on Monday night, leaving them trapped as Italy pushes other EU nations to take them in.pbr clear="all"