Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday urged European countries struggling with the migrant crisis to “share the burden fairly”, amid growing divisions on how to handle the flow of people fleeing poverty and war.
The pontiff used his address in St Peter’s Square to hail the “generous help” offered by Greece and “other countries on the front line”, saying the situation “required cooperation among all nations”.
Nearly 120,000 migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year, according to the latest figures from the UN refugee agency, adding to the one million who made the perilous journey in 2015, mostly across the Aegean …read more
Source: The Indian Express
