Winter makes life in Moria and the improvised Olive Grove camp even harder than it already is for asylum seekers, and especially for the most vulnerable.

Syrian children gave Francis a collection of their drawings, and the Pope showered them with toys and other gifts.

Refugees are people like everyone else, who have been deprived by war of their homes, their jobs, their parents and their friends, Pope Francis stresses.

The Vatican will take care of the costs involved in housing and looking after these Muslim refugees.

As Pope Francis visits Greece, Trócaire expresses deep concern at the recent EU-Turkey deal that facilitates large-scale return of asylum seekers to Turkey.

Pope Francis says visit aims to “express closeness & solidarity" to the displaced & the citizens of Lesbos & the people of Greece "who are so generous in their welcome”.

Pope Francis to visit the Greek island of Lesbos next week as a gesture of solidarity with migrants.