Pope
Francis has appealed for more care for child migrants on the World Day for
Migrants and Refugees.
In
a hard-hitting Angelus message in St Peter's Square he told pilgrims and
tourists migrant children are "our brothers and sisters" who are exposed to many
dangers including being sold into sexual slavery.
In
a statement he referred to the world of Jesus, who said it would be better for
those who cause little ones to sin to have a millstone tied around their necks
and be thrown into the sea.
"
How can we ignore this severe warning when we see the exploitation carried out
by unscrupulous people? Such exploitation harms young girls and boys who are led
into prostitution or into the mire of pornography; who are enslaved as child
labourers or soldiers; who are caught up in drug trafficking and other forms of
criminality; who are forced to flee from conflict and persecution, risking
isolation and abandonment," he said. Christian
Today.
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