Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to deal with the “open wound” of migrant deaths within the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 individuals 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, women and children have died in that sea while attempting to reach Europe,” Francis mentioned after the weekly Angelus prayer.
“I encourage the political and diplomatic forces who are trying to heal this wound in a spirit of solidarity and brotherhood, as well as the efforts of those who work to prevent shiprwrecks and rescue migrants.”
Deadly disasters are frequents as migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. More than 22,000 individuals have died or gone lacking in its waters since 2014, based on the International Organization for Migration.
Port officers on the Italian island of Sicily recovered one physique on Sunday after a ship carrying 13 migrants capsized on Saturday night time off the close by island of Marettimo, ANSA news company reported. Another particular person was additionally presumed to have died.
On Saturday, six individuals died after a migrant boat attempting to cross the Channel from France to Britain capsized early on Saturday, and one other two individuals had been probably lacking, French authorities mentioned.
The pope additionally referred to as for prayers for Ukraine and for the victims of the wildfires in Maui in Hawaii. The loss of life toll from these fires reached 93 on Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in additional than a century.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
