Pope visits Greek detention centre as EU deports migrants

Pope Francis is known for his symbolic gestures, but his visit to a Greek refugee detention centre as the EU implements a controversial deportation plan is as provocative as any he has undertaken.

Pope visits Greek detention centre as EU deports migrants

Pope Francis is known for his symbolic gestures, but his visit to a Greek refugee detention centre as the EU implements a controversial deportation plan is as provocative as any he has undertaken.

Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians will spend nearly an hour on Saturday greeting some 250 refugees stuck on the Greek island of Lesbos.

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