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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

All of us are migrants, says pope as he rounds off tour of Spain in Tenerife

Pope Leo at a reception centre housed in former military barracks in Tenerife. He is greeting Bousso Diouf, originally from Nigeria, who gave a speech to the crowd.
Pope Leo in Tenerife with Bousso Diouf, originally from Nigeria, who said migrants simply sought ‘respect, humanity and the chance to live with dignity’. Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters

Pope Leo has used the final day of his week-long tour of Spain to stress that “all of us are migrants” as he praised the power of integration, adding: “Yesterday’s foreigner may be today’s brother and neighbour.”

The pontiff arrived on Friday in Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands. Soon after, he made his way to a reception centre housed in a former military barracks, which has accommodated as many as 4,000 people, to address the hundreds of migrants gathered there.

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