Pope likens migrant holding centers to 'concentration camps'

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. Islamists had slit the throat of the man’s Christian wife because she refused to throw her crucifix on the ground.

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Pope likens migrant holding centers to 'concentration camps'

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