A Papal ‘Gesture’: Can We Help Asylum Seekers without Exploiting Them?

April 25, 2016 – Anja Karlsson Franck On April 16th, Pope Francis made a ‘gesture’ on the Greek Island of Lesbos. Francis, the unlikely darling of the liberal left, returned to the Vatican with 12 Muslim Syrian asylum seekers, planning to offer them sanctuary. Was the Pope setting an example for European governments to follow,…