![]() ![]() "How they suffer, those who are sent back" after rescue at sea, the pope said. "Yet again I ask the international community to keep the promises to search for common, concrete and lasting solutions to manage the migratory flows in Libya and in all the Mediterranean." "So many of these men, women and children are subject to inhumane violence,'' he added. ![]() Peter's Square, hundreds of migrants were either at sea in the central Mediterranean awaiting a port after rescue or recently coming ashore in Sicily or the Italian mainland after setting sail from Libya or Turkey, according to authorities. ![]() "I never forget you, I hear your cries and I pray for you."Įven as the pontiff appealed for changes of migrant policy and of heart in his remarks to the public in St. "I express my closeness to the thousands of migrants, refugees and others in need of protection in Libya,'' Francis said. VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer "inhumane violence."įrancis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in Europe, calling on the international community to find concrete ways to manage the "migratory flows" in the Mediterranean. ![]()
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