CEI hails solidarity with asylum seekers

(ANSA) - Rome, March 18 - The Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) has called for solidarity with refugees and migrants, according to the final statement of its Episcopal Council held this week in Genoa and released Friday by CEI Secretary-General Nunzio Galantino.
    Faced with the drama of refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe, bishops at the Conference debated "the scenarios of instability of the Middle East and, even more, of North Africa, turning their solidarity towards those seeking international protection", according to the statement. The bishops also spoke against "alarmist and ideological" news reports in order to understand the "causes, responsibilities and dimension of a phenomenon which, together with huge problems, enriches the whole country", thus bringing "reciprocal advantage".