Pope Francis: Stop ‘unhumane’ practice of sending migrants back to Libya

Pope Francis has called for an end to the practice of returning migrants to Libya and other ‘unsafe’ countries (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis has made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer “inhumane violence”.

Francis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in Europe, calling on the international community to find concrete ways to manage the “migratory flows” in the Mediterranean.