Italian captain gets prison sentence for turning migrants back to Libya

ROME: The captain of an Italian-flagged ship has been sentenced to a year in prison for forcing more than 100 migrants back to Libya. The verdict came at the end of a nearly year-long trial in the first case of its kind in Italy, with legal experts considering it a landmark in Italian legislation. Seamen, representatives from the coast guard and NGOs, diplomats, and Italian

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