Europe's Bishops Call Unified Line on Refugee Crisis 'Impossible'

Crux ^ | 5/3/16 | Ines San Martin

[marshmallow]

ROME— Despite Pope Francis’ repeated calls for a comprehensive Catholic response to the European refugee crisis, Europe’s bishops declared Tuesday they don’t have a common line, arguing that the differing realities of each country makes a uniform response impossible.

“We have talked long about migration, but the problem can’t be explained in a three-line statement,” said Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő of Budapest, Hungary, President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences.

When asked about walls being built around several countries, including Hungary, Erdő didn’t give a resounding “no,” saying that those who are doing so are building “wire fences” with several possible legal entry points.

This approach, he argued, is being done to guarantee that every person entering a country is properly identified, and that no one seeking asylum will be denied entrance.

According to Erdő, in 2015 over 430,000 migrants and refugees traveled across Hungary trying to reach Germany, the final goal for many of those reaching Europe through Italy, Greece, and Spain.

“You can’t make a quick judgement of the individual decisions of each country, because the countries that were under Soviet domination [and] that are now part of the European Union aren’t yet integrated,” he said.

[Travis McGee]

[Flintlock]

Unified line?

Howsabout this one: GET OUT AND STAY OUT!!

Works for me.