VALLETTA: Pope Francis, struggling with leg pain, on Sunday said countries should always help those trying to survive"amidst the waves of the sea" as he wrapped up a trip to Malta, which is at the heart of Europe's migration debate.
The 85-year-old pontiff is suffering from a flare-up of leg pain and had difficultly walking in the small grotto. At a Mass for about 20,000 people afterwards, he mostly sat while Valletta Archbishop Charles Scicluna led much of the liturgy. Pope Francis' last stop was a visit to a centre for migrants, known as a"peace lab". There, he heard Daniel, a Nigerian, tell of his several attempts to reach Europe in un-seaworthy boats and how he was detained in Libya, Tunisia and Malta.
On Friday, the German NGO ship Sea Eye IV was outside Maltese territorial waters seeking to disembark 106 migrants rescued from Libyan waters and was denied entry.
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