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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Pope may visit Greek island to highlight refugees' plight

[Migrant girl sits on a doorstep with text on wall is written with slogan " Borders kill" at the border crossing at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, April 5, 2016. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)]VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, will visit the Greek island of Lesbos next week to highlight the plight of refugees, the Greek government said, as refugees and other migrants are being deported back to Turkey under the European Union's controversial program to ease Europe's migrant problem.


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