Pope Francis criticizes people who do not help migrants

Pope Francis criticized "the useless hypocrisy" of people who do not want to help the migrants. It is a temptation that becomes a lock on those who, like us, are entitled to security and the conditions of a dignified life, "he said at a mass for them. migrants to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

The occasion of the service was the visit of the Pope to Lampedusa five years ago. The Italian island is considered a symbol of the migration crisis because migrants have arrived there for years and that a serious calamity occurred in 2013, killing more than 360 people during from the sinking of a refugee boat

. prosperous countries, "said the pope.He needs" our eyes, our hands and our voice "to help refugees and migrants, because the current challenges can only be solved with" solidarity and mercy. "Instead, however, prevail.

Among the 200 participants at the fair, there were refugees from Africa and the Middle East, humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and officers The new Italian populist government has adopted a hard line against migrants and does not leave private maritime rescuers in the country's ports.