"Humanitarian corridors" | Pope's message

Pope Francis asked yesterday to help the most needy migrants by allowing them to travel safely in the humanitarian corridors. "The international community can not tolerate such serious events," the pope said in St. Peter's Square. "I hope that the humanitarian corridors for the most needy migrants will be organized in an extensive and concerted way," he added. His remarks come during the Libya bombing of a detention center that left Tuesday night fifty hundred dead immigrants. The Bishop of Rome, who made the defense of migrants one of the main axes of his pontificate, also called on the faithful to pray for the helpless dead or wounded during the attack Aerial. They are still held in the center of Tajura, on the eastern outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and have about 300 people. His situation has become more critical since the beginning of the military offensive of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, strongman of eastern Libya, on April 4, to conquer Tripoli, seat of the government of the agreement recognized by the UN. The GNA attributes Tajura's attack to Haftar's forces, who deny any involvement and accuse him of fomenting a plot to hold them responsible for the mbadacre. The detention center received some 600 migrants, mainly Eritreans and Sudanese, before the attack. In the midst of this growing humanitarian and political crisis, Pope Francis will today meet immigrants who have arrived in Italy through humanitarian corridors. In addition, he will celebrate a Mbad at 11 am in Rome (6:00 am in Argentina), he said in memory of all those who lost their lives, fleeing war and misery, and d & # 39; encourage those who strive to support, accompany and welcome migrants and refugees.