Monday, December 10, 2018

Italian Priests Plan to Shelter Evicted Migrants; New Law Ends Humanitarian Care for Migrants

Italian priests say migrants will find safe shelter at churches if they are forced out of detention centers, after the Italian government passed a bill that would strip them of humanitarian protection, the Euro News website reports today (December 10, 2018).

The new law ends humanitarian protection and will restrict asylum to those refugees affected by war and political persecution.

"You don't leave migrants in the street as the government has allegedly done with its migration-and-security decree," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

He added that the Vatican's position is clear: "A profound sense of solidarity must prevail; you can't put people in this position. You must always focus on people and their rights."

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