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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed deep pain for the tragedy that has struck the city of Mocoa in Colombia where a gigantic landslide has killed over 250 people and left scores missing.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Colombia's security forces are searching for over 200 missing people after heavy mudslides reportedly left at least 254 dead, and injured more than 400.Torrential rain flooded the city of Mocoa in the country's south-west with mud and rocks, burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their homes.Speaking after the Angelus prayer which he recited during his visit to the northern Italian town of Carpi, the Pope said he is praying for the victims and he assured his closeness to those who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.He also thanked all those who are working to assist the victims and provide rescue efforts. Pope Francis then turned his thoughts to the situation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed deep pain for the tragedy that has struck the city of Mocoa in Colombia where a gigantic landslide has killed over 250 people and left scores missing.
Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni:
Colombia's security forces are searching for over 200 missing people after heavy mudslides reportedly left at least 254 dead, and injured more than 400.
Torrential rain flooded the city of Mocoa in the country's south-west with mud and rocks, burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their homes.
Speaking after the Angelus prayer which he recited during his visit to the northern Italian town of Carpi, the Pope said he is praying for the victims and he assured his closeness to those who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.
He also thanked all those who are working to assist the victims and provide rescue efforts.
Pope Francis then turned his thoughts to the situation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region where, he said, bloody armed clashes are killing and displacing people.
He appealed for prayers for peace in the nation, exhorting believers to pray so that “the hearts of those who are behind such crimes be freed from the slavery of hatred and violence, because hatred and violence are always destructive”.
The Pope noted that the violence in DRC is also affecting Church members, Churches and Church-run institutes like hospitals and schools.
Francis finally focused attention on the crises that are creating socio-political turmoil in Venezuela and in Paraguay.
“I pray for those populations who are very dear to me, he said, and invite all to tirelessly persevere in their search for political solutions, avoiding every kind of violence”.
(Vatican Radio) Hungary says it has completed two controversial border container camps where asylum-seekers, including children, have to wait until their cases are decided. Besides opening the camps authorities are also cracking down on foreign-backed groups that criticize these refugee policies. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: It isn't always easy for foreign reporters to record what is really going on near the additional border fence Hungary is building next to other barriers to halt migrants fleeing war and poverty.Security forces make clear reporters are are not welcome shouting "switch off". And those asking asylum are moved into containers. Hungary's Interior ministry now says that prison inmates have been used to put 324 additional shipping containers in the camps built on the Serbian border at the towns of Röszke and Tompa.Across from Tompa on the Serbian side of the border, farm worker József Pat...
(Vatican Radio) Hungary says it has completed two controversial border container camps where asylum-seekers, including children, have to wait until their cases are decided. Besides opening the camps authorities are also cracking down on foreign-backed groups that criticize these refugee policies.
Listen to the report by Stefan Bos:
It isn't always easy for foreign reporters to record what is really going on near the additional border fence Hungary is building next to other barriers to halt migrants fleeing war and poverty.
Security forces make clear reporters are are not welcome shouting "switch off".
And those asking asylum are moved into containers. Hungary's Interior ministry now says that prison inmates have been used to put 324 additional shipping containers in the camps built on the Serbian border at the towns of Röszke and Tompa.
Across from Tompa on the Serbian side of the border, farm worker József Pataky has been picking up personal items left behind by migrants who reached the border fence and failed to get across. He told reporters that "there were times when they used to come in groups of 30 or 40", but since the fence was built "they reach the fence and go back."
INDUSTRIES DESPERATE
Hungary's harsh migration policies have impacted foreign investors and industries desperately trying to fill tens of thousands of jobs. "It is big challenge to find workers," explained Belgian entrepreneur Bert Quatacker. "If we advertise a position we receive almost no reactions. We try to solve the problem by looking for people who work in other companies," he added.
Hungary's harsh anti-migration policies come while the right-wing Fidesz government has been accused of undermining basic democratic norms and harking back to the country's totalitarian past for launching an offensive against perceived liberal media and non-government organizations criticizing its refugee policies.
At the centre of the furore is 86 year-old Hungarian-born philanthropist George Soros whose Open Society Foundations are active in 100 countries. Pressure is growing on the Hungarian government to withdraw a draft bill on higher education that could lead to the closure of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, which was founded by billionaire Soros.
The U.S. State Department and dozens of academics in Hungary and abroad have urged Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to ensure the CEU’s independence and operations.
Orbán, who once received a Soros-funded scholarship, has defended his policy saying that foreign universities cannot mislead their students and should work according to Hungarian laws.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is praying for the victims of Colombia`s mudslide tragedy, grieving relatives and also for those involved in the ongoing rescue operation.James Blears reports, the eventual death toll is likely to exceed 300, with more than 400 injured.Listen: The City of Mocoa, in Colombia`s South Western Region of Putumayo, has been devastated by a sea of mud and rocks after torrential rain caused a river to burst its banks and mud to drown and suffocate many of its inhabitants. The Red Cross, Armed Forces and other specialist services, have been working around the clock since the disaster stuck on Saturday. Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos who`s visiting the stricken area has declared a State of Emergency. A massive airlift is underway, as electricity and water are down. Food, water, medicines and shelter are urgently needed as life savers and life preservers, for those who` ve lost everything including many ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is praying for the victims of Colombia`s mudslide tragedy, grieving relatives and also for those involved in the ongoing rescue operation.
James Blears reports, the eventual death toll is likely to exceed 300, with more than 400 injured.
Listen:
The City of Mocoa, in Colombia`s South Western Region of Putumayo, has been devastated by a sea of mud and rocks after torrential rain caused a river to burst its banks and mud to drown and suffocate many of its inhabitants.
The Red Cross, Armed Forces and other specialist services, have been working around the clock since the disaster stuck on Saturday.
Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos who`s visiting the stricken area has declared a State of Emergency. A massive airlift is underway, as electricity and water are down. Food, water, medicines and shelter are urgently needed as life savers and life preservers, for those who` ve lost everything including many loved ones, especially children.
The true scale and extent of the devastation can be seen from the air as whole swathes of cloying mud cover a wide panorama.
His Holiness, who`s been on a trip to Carpi, says he`s praying for the victims, those grieving for their loved ones, also giving thanks and encouragement to those valiantly involved in the rescue operation.
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