Exploitation of migrants for profit 'makes one cry'-Pope Fra

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Pope Francis: Exploitation of migrants for profit 'makes one cry'

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Published time: June 21, 2015 15:34

The mistreatment of refugee seekers who are escaping the atrocities of their home countries, ”makes one cry” as they are merely the “victims of injustice, of this throw-away economy” and war, Pope Francis said.

"Immigration increases competition [for jobs] but migrants should not be blamed because they are the victims of injustice, of this throw-away economy, of wars," the pontiff said at a mass in Italian city of Turin in front of 60,000 people.

"It makes one cry to see the spectacle of these days in which human beings have been treated like merchandise."

He called people to think of their own poor, elderly people and jobless and not to turn backs on them.

"We are called to say 'no' to the idolatry of money," which makes people greedy for riches, "without caring for the many getting poorer, sometimes to the point of hunger.”

Apart from “idolatry of money”, the pontiff urged people to say no to the "throwaway" economy, corruption, and "inequity that causes violence."