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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Winfield,Trisha Thomas and Masha Macpherson

Pope Francis visits Marseille as anti-migrant views grow in Europe with talk of fences and blockades

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Pope Francis is visiting the French port city of Marseille, for centuries a multiethnic and multifaith melting pot, to amplify his call for the Mediterranean to be a place of welcome for migrants.

It's an increasingly lonely voice in Europe, where some countries are turning more and more to border fences, repatriations and talk of a naval blockade to keep a new influx of would-be refugees out.

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