(22 Sep 2023)
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Fiumicino International Airport, Rome - 22 September 2023
1. Pope Francis exiting lift, entering plane door








STORYLINE:
Pope Francis departed from Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport on Friday, headed for the French port city of Marseille, in a visit to amplify his call for the Mediterranean region of Europe to be a place of welcome for migrants.

The pope's position on migration is an increasingly lonely one in Europe, where some countries are emphasising border fences, repatriations and the possibility of a naval blockade to keep a new influx of would-be refugees out.

Francis is presiding over the closing session of a gathering of Mediterranean Catholic bishops, but his two-day visit to Marseille is aimed at sending a message well beyond the Catholic faithful to Europe, North Africa and beyond.

After a prayer at the southern French city's basilica, Francis is scheduled to hold an interfaith prayer at a monument dedicated to those who have died at sea — a number estimated to top 28,000 since 2014, according to the International Organization of Migration.

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