Pope Francis denounces “pain and shame” of Mediterranean migrant deaths
Milan, ItalyReuters Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the “open wound” of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earlier this month. “With both pain and shame we must declare that, since the start of the year, already almost 2,000 men, […]
More than 3,000 people lost in sea crossings to Europe in 2021 – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters More than 3,000 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers died or went missing last year while trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean and Atlantic sea routes, a UN refugee agency report showed on Friday, reporting the highest toll in recent years. Thousands of Africans take long, perilous journeys to Europe each year often traversing […]
Pope Francis pained at migrant deaths in English Channel
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday expressed pain and sorrow at the deaths and suffering of migrants crossing the English Channel, at the border between Poland and Belarus and in the Mediterranean Sea. The Pope asked the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square for the traditional Sunday blessing to pray “for migrants and their suffering”. […]
Iraqi baby buried as death toll in EU-Belarus crisis grows
Bohoniki, PolandAP A Polish imam recited prayers Tuesday over the tiny white casket of an unborn Iraqi boy, the latest life claimed as migrants from the Middle East have tried to slip into the European Union illegally and found their path blocked by soldiers in the forests of Poland and Belarus. After the first snow […]