Pope Leo XIV criticises Europe over migration routes from the Canary Islands
More than 2,000 migrants crammed onto the Arguineguín pier: Pope Leo XIV denounces the lack of safe routes while his own State bans them.
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Pope takes on Europe from the 'pier of shame'
The pontiff has used his visit to the Canary Islands to attack the EU for failing to open legal and safe routes for migrants. He did not do it from a pulpit, but from the very pier of Arguineguín, where in 2020 more than 2,000 people were crammed into a space meant for 400. A powerful gesture that has triggered a wave of backlash.
The most corrosive criticism does not come from hate speech, but from the evidence: the Vatican, as a State, maintains one of the most restrictive migration policies in the world, with prison sentences for illegal immigration. Many voices have pointed out the contradiction: preaching in Spain what is not practised at home. Others outright deny that Europe is racist and speak of 'antiestéticar of ethnic replacement'.
The result is a bitter debate in which the underlying problem — the lack of safe routes — is buried under accusations of hypocrisy. The photo of the Pope bowing before the migrants contrasts with the legal reality of his own State. Most likely, neither the gesture nor the criticism will move European migration policies one inch.
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The pontiff has used his visit to the Canary Islands to attack the EU for failing to open legal and safe routes for migrants. He did not do it from a pulpit, but from the very pier of Arguineguín, where in 2020 more than 2,000 people were crammed into a space meant for 400. A powerful gesture that has triggered a wave of backlash.
The most corrosive criticism does not come from hate speech, but from the evidence: the Vatican, as a State, maintains one of the most restrictive migration policies in the world, with prison sentences for illegal immigration. Many voices have pointed out the contradiction: preaching in Spain what is not practised at home. Others outright deny that Europe is racist and speak of 'antiestéticar of ethnic replacement'.
The result is a bitter debate in which the underlying problem — the lack of safe routes — is buried under accusations of hypocrisy. The photo of the Pope bowing before the migrants contrasts with the legal reality of his own State. Most likely, neither the gesture nor the criticism will move European migration policies one inch.
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