(AFP) A high-profile pro-migrant mayor in populist-ruled Italy was ordered Thursday to face court over charges he set up fake marriages to help foreign women stay in the country after their asylum applications were rejected.
Domenico Lucano, under house arrest after being apprehended in October, was told by an investigating magistrate to turn up for a June 11 hearing in Locri, in southern Italy, media reported.
Lucano made a name for himself over the past two decades for welcoming migrants to his village of Riace, population 1,800, to counter a gradual decline of inhabitants and workers.
