Pope Francis clarifies the plight of thousands of unsupported miners he says are particularly vulnerable, urging authorities to pay special attention to their needs. He will also observe International Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking on Monday.
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“I would like to appeal for unsupported migrant small children,” Pope Francis said after Angelus’ Sunday prayer: “There are many of them!”
Speaking from the window of the Abstol ‘s Palace, the Pope said “Sadly, among those who for several reasons have left the country at home, there are always dozens of children and young people alone, without their family and exposed to many dangers .. “
He said these days that the situation of the migrants on the so-called “Balkan route” is remarkable, but said that “some are on all the ‘routes’.”
“Let ‘s make sure these vulnerable children and teenagers, who are vulnerable and vulnerable, do not lack the necessary care and favorable humanitarian channels,” he said.
The west side The Balkan Route is one of the main routes for immigration into Europe. Despite the fact that countries on the Balkan route have officially crossed their borders in recent years, thousands of migrants have reached Bihac and Velika Kladusa in northwestern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. , a few weeks ago. The dire situation is exacerbated by the freezing winter weather, the covid-19 crisis and the divided political stance of authorities harming the vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers.
World Day of Prayer and Reflections Against Human Trafficking
Pope Francis also looked forward to the annual observation, on 8 February, of World Day of Prayer and Reflections against Human Trafficking.
“Tomorrow, the literal remembrance of Saint Josephine Bakhita, a religious Sudanese woman who knew the humiliation and suffering of slavery,” he said, noting that on her feast day we will be celebrating World Prayer Day and Reflections against Human Trafficking.
“This year the aim is to work for an economy that does not even indirectly favor this infamous trade, that is, an economy that will never produce goods, things that , but the goal of men and women, “he said.
“Let us ask Saint Bakhita to help us with this,” the Pope was present.