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Nanawagan si Pope Francis na sana matigil na ang kalunus-lunos na sitwasyon ng mga migrante sa Mediterranean at tinawag itong ‘shipwreck of civilization.”
Ito ang pahayag ng Santo Papa matapos bisitahin ang isang refugee camp ng mga migrante sa Greek Island ng Lesbos.
“The Mediterranean, which for millenia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the cradle of so many civilizations, now looks like a mirror of death,” pahayag ni Pope Francis.
“Let us not let our sea be transformed into a desolate sea of death. Let us not allow this place encounter to become a theatre of conflict. Please, brothers and sisters, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization,” dagdag pa ni Pope Francis.
May 200 refugees ang sumalubong kay Pope Francis sa Mavrovouni migrant reception and identification center sa baybayin ng Lesbos.
Binasbasan din ni Pope Francis ang mga nakasalamuhang migrante habang iniikot ang camp.
“Sisters and brothers, I am here once again, to meet you and to assure you of my closeness. I am here to see you faces and look into your eyes. Eyes full of fear and expectancy, eyes that have seen violence and poverty, eyes streaked by too many tears,” saad ni Pope Francis sa kanyang talumpati.
Ang Lesbos ay pansamantalang tirahan sa Aegan Sea ng libu-libong migrante.
Ang binisita ng Santo Papa na Mavrovouni camp ay may kapasidad na 8,000 tao.
Pero, hindi ito puno dahil sa COVID-19 restrictions.
Ito ang ikalawang pagbisita ni Pope Francis sa Lesbos na nasa 115,000 ang populasyon at may 17,000 ang mga refugees.
April 2016 nang unang bisitahin ng Santo Papa ang isla kung saan binisita niya ang Moria refugee camp na nasunog noong Sept. 8, 20202.
“Five years have passed since I visited this place. After all this time, we see that little has changed with regard to the issue of migration,” pahayag ng Santo Papa.
“With deep regret, we must admit that this country, like others, continues to be hard-pressed and that in Europe there are those who persist in treating the problem as a matter that does not concern,” dagdag pa ng Santo Papa.
Matapos ang pagbisita sa camp, bumalik si Pope Francis sa Athens at isinagawa ang Misa sa Megaron Concert Hall.
(NP)
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