The Latest: Salvini makes case against migrant ship captain

MILAN (AP) — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):
4:40 p.m.
Italy’s interior minister has told parliament that a German captain of a migrant rescue ship had no reason to force her ship to an Italian port.
Matteo Salvini told the lower house of parliament on Wednesday that the migrants onboard the Sea-Watch ship would have been allowed to disembark anyway soon after captain Carola Rackete defied Italian orders to stay away. The comments were met with incredulity by lawm