2009-09-05 09:06:22

Eritrean Bishop Calls for Gospel Values in Refugee Resettlement Programs


(05 Sept 09-RV) “The right to asylum is a basic European value” said the EU’s top justice official this week as he unveiled a new resettlement program to member states. It would put in place a voluntary refugee resettlement scheme across the bloc's 27 nations. So far, it's mostly the EU's southernmost members that have to deal with an unending influx of illegal immigrants and genuine asylum seekers. Hailing mainly from Africa, they are crossing the Mediterranean in small makeshift boats and rafts to reach Italy, Malta or Spain. Many of those refugees are drowning while trying to reach for a better life. Only last week 73  migrants from Eritrea died from hunger and thirst while trying to reach Europe from North Africa. Festus Tarawaille spoke to Bishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam of the Ethiopian Eparchy of Asmara in Eritrea, who was shocked to hear that vessels passed his dying countrymen by and none stopped to help them: RealAudioMP3







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