Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, known for his hardline anti-migration stance, was previously involved in a war of words with French President Emmanuel Macron over denying entry to a vessel stranded in international waters with hundreds of migrants onboard.
Matteo Salvini has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to detain and hand over dozens of Italian fugitive militants who are believed to have been hiding in France for decades.
The Italian Interior Minister’s remark followed the extradition of Cesare Battisti, who arrived in Rome on 14 January after almost forty years on the run.
While condemning the violence during nationwide demonstrations, Salvini supported “honest citizens who protest against a president who governs against his people”.Rome, in turn, lashed out at Paris for forcing migrants who had reached France to return back to Italy, the country which had been the first landing point for refugees arriving by sea.