Pope says migrants killed at sea 'disgraceful to society'

The leader of the world's Catholics said: "The death of immigrants and refugees who seek security and a better life in Europe and their death at sea is a shame for society."African immigrants and refugees who face security and economic problems in their countries, hoping to get a better life, board smugglers' boats and try to reach the European continent via an unsafe route across the Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea.

Every year, thousands of immigrants and refugees die on dangerous journeys to Europe and America.According to the Italian news agency Ansa, Pope Francis wrote in a letter to the Archbishop of Agrigento: "The death of innocent people, mostly children, who are looking for a more peaceful existence, away from war and violence, is a painful and deafening cry that cannot leave us indifferent "It's a disgrace to a society that no longer knows how to mourn and pity others."

The Pope often raises the subject of the suffering of migrants and refugees in his sermons and draws attention to the need to save lives.According to statistics from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in 2022, about 1,500 migrants drowned and went missing in the Mediterranean Sea, and about 50,000 more reached the coast of Italy.