European Union member states should share responsibility for taking in migrants and not just leave it to the countries where people arrive, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis answers reporters' questions during the flight back to Rome, after his apostolic journey to Bahrain, on November 6, 2022.
He spoke on Sunday as migration triggered fresh political tensions in Italy, where there has been a stand-off between the government and charity ships trying to disembark migrants. Matteo Salvini, head of Italy's anti-immigrant League party and deputy prime minister in the new right-wing government, thanked the pope for his "words of great wisdom".Türkiye rescues hundreds of migrants after illegal Greek pushbacksHumanitarian groups on Sunday said Italy had broken international law by refusing to let in migrants plucked from the sea.
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