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As Pope Francis visited Cyprus, a country overwhelmed by asylum-seekers, the Vatican announced they would take in 12 migrants.

denounced Western countries' refusal to accept migrants, with the Vatican verifying they would take at least a dozen to Italy as a show of support to Cyprus, a country overwhelmed by asylum-seekers.

However, he also acknowledged that there are limits. According to the AP, Cyprus is processing more asylum claims per capita than any othernation. In the past ten months, the small island nation has already seen a 38 percent increase from last year in migrant and refugee arrivals. In a statement, the Vatican said it made arrangements to bring about 12 refugees from Cyprus to Italy. Cyprus' interior minister, Nicos Nouris, told the AP arrangements had been made to transfer 50 asylum-seekers. The Vatican has not yet commented on this discrepancy.Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to Cyprus and Greece, drawing attention once again to his call for Europe to welcome migrants.

"He who comes asking for freedom, bread, help, fraternity and joy, who is fleeing hatred, finds himself in front of a hatred which is called barbed wire," Francis told the migrants, who took up most of the pews in the Nicosia church.

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