Pope Francis called on Sunday for the evacuation of refugees held in detention c...
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis waves after his weekly general audience at the Vatican, April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
Speaking at the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Francis said the already grave conditions of those in the camps had worsened due to the conflict under way. Last week the United Nations refugee agency evacuated 325 African refugees from a detention center in southern Tripoli following escalating violence.
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