FX.co ★ Pope Francis takes to Vatican 12 Muslim refugees from Syria
Pope Francis takes to Vatican 12 Muslim refugees from Syria
Pope Francis arrived on Greece's island of Lesbos on April 16. He made an emotional visit to the Moria refugee camp to highlight refugee crisis. Pontiff called on all illegal migrants to believe they would inevitably find accommodation in the place of their dreams.
On the photo, a refuge child is kissing Pope Francis' hand during his visit to Greece.
The pontiff took with him 12 highly vulnerable refugees, who faced deportation from the Greek island of Lesbos, back to Rome.
On the photo, Syrian refugees and the Pope in the airport in Rome.
An official confirmed all those taken from the camp were selected at random. Interestingly, two refuge families have already been given a shelter in Vatican.
On the photo, the leader of the Roman Catholic church with Greek clergymen.
Two the refuge families are from Damascus and one from Deir al-Zour. Their homes were destroyed in the Syrian war.
CNN reported those families had arrived in Greece before the EU made the deal with Turkey. The deportation deal prescribes that Athens is obliged to withdraw all illegal migrants to Turkey swapping them for Syrian refugees.
On the photo, refugees are cheering the Pope, Lesbos, Greece.
Greece is the heart of Europe's migrant crisis as the vast majority of illegal migrants are entering the EU via this Balkan country. According to the Greek authorities, 800,000 refugees arrived in Greece through Turkey during 2015.
On the photo, illegal migrants are shaking the Pope's hand.
On the photo, refugees are sharing their problems with the pontiff.
On the photo, the Pope's message is to express sympathy to refugees from the war-stricken countries.
On the photo, a woman is holding a poster with the words Welcome to Lesbos Pope Francis.
