MARSEILLE, Sept 23 — Pope Francis today urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate...
MARSEILLE, Sept 23 — Pope Francis today urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals.
Francis’ 35-minute speech drew a standing ovation from his audience, but his position on migration was unlikely to please French President Emmanuel Macron and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who were both present and plan tougher measures to control arrivals. He thanked aid groups rescuing migrants in danger at sea, condemning efforts to prevent their work as “gestures of hate”.
Francky Domingo, a Beninese man who heads a group of undocumented migrants in Marseille, said he hoped the pontiff’s visit would “give us back a little hope” and “calm the political tensions”. Old people risk being “pushed aside, under the false pretences of a supposedly dignified and ‘sweet’ death that is more ‘salty’ than the waters of the sea,” Francis warned.
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