FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leaves after a Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees at the Vatican, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday said politicians should not close ports to desperate migrants, speaking after a court got a green light to pursue an investigation of Matteo Salvini, Italy's anti-immigrant former interior minister.
"In the whole world, men and women migrants face risky voyages to escape violence, to escape, war, to escape poverty," Francis said during his weekly general audience at the Vatican.
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