Catania Judge Iolanda Apostolico has rejected another order for four Tunisian migrants to be held at a pre-removal centre in the Sicilian port town of Pozzallo in a move that is set to reignite a row about her decisions, sources said on Wednesday.
Apostolico recently came under heavy fire after a overturning a detention order against four other Tunisian nationals on the grounds that government legislation is alleged illegitimate.
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini’s League subsequently posted a video showing Apostolico at a protest demonstration in Catania in 2018 against the closed-ports policy he introduced as interior minister that year and calling for the immediate disembarkation of hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees being kept onboard the coast guard ship Diciotti.
The League said the video showed that the judge was biased.
On Sunday another judge rejected six other detention orders.
Catania judge Apostolico rejects four more detention orders – English – ANSA.it