In a letter to the participants in the Mediterranean Dialogue Conference, the Pope invited them to find common solutions to the problem of population movements. “The ongoing war in Ukraine represents the globalization of the problem.”
(Vatican News Network)The VIII Mediterranean Dialogue Conference was held in Rome from 1 to 3 December. On this occasion, the Pope wrote to the participants that the failure to find a common solution to the movement of people will continue to lead to an unacceptable loss of human life, which however is almost always avoidable, especially in the Mediterranean region.
The conference, which saw the participation of political-institutional representatives and analysts, as well as social, economic and media representatives, met to discuss some issues concerning the Mediterranean Sea and how to improve cooperation within the region.
The need to find a solution that benefits everyone is the only way forward, the Pope said, because “migration is vital for the well-being of the Mediterranean and cannot be stopped”. The Pope reiterated that “no one saves themselves”, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, these “interconnected issues require everyone to conduct research together from as broad a coordinated perspective as possible.”
Today, the civilian and military sacrifices caused by the Russo-Ukrainian war, as well as the immeasurable losses of the energy, financial, humanitarian and food crises represent the globalization of the problem. And the food crisis also extends to the poorest countries, such as those of North Africa. “80% of the grain in these countries comes from Ukraine or Russia.”
The Pope explained that the globalization of crises makes it clear that this situation must be faced in a global perspective, and that a single crisis cannot be resolved without taking into account the other crises, which will lower the value of people for economic interests and trample on the rights human”. The Pope urged the participants that the Mediterranean region must recover the “mission of progress, development and culture” which seems to have been lost recently.
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