Italy’s highest appeals court has ordered the government to compensate a group of migrants who were stranded at sea for days on a coast guard vessel in 2018 due to then-Interior minister Matteo Salvini’s tough anti-migration policies.

An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to compensation, Italy's top appeals court has ruled, triggering the fury of Italy's right-wing government.

Italy's highest court on Friday ruled that the government must pay compensation to a group of migrants who were held for around 10 days in 2018 on a coastguard ship after being rescued in the Mediterranean.

Italy's top appeals court has ruled that a group of Eritrean migrants are entitled to compensation from the government for being held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018. The decision has sparked outrage from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,

A group of Eritrean migrants who were held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 are entitled to compensation from the government, Italy's top appeals court has ruled, triggering the fury of right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.