奥地利和德国向成千上万移民开放边界 Austria,Germany Open Borders to Thousands of Migrants

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德国和奥地利星期天在各自国内欢迎成千上万名移民。

绝大多数的移民选择在欧洲最富裕的国家德国寻求庇护。估计星期天结束前,会有8千移民抵达德国。德国官员已经表示,他们今年可以接收多达80万的寻求避难者。

欧盟成员国在面对史无前例的移民涌入的问题上陷入分裂。欧盟外交事务主管莫盖里尼警告说,移民潮会“存在下去”,呼吁采取团结一致的做法,对移民问题做出有效回应。

教皇方济各星期天号召“欧洲的每个教区,每个宗教社区,每个修道院,每个教堂”都接待收留一个难民家庭。

教皇告诉在圣彼得广场的朝圣者和游客,梵蒂冈的两个教区将接收两个难民家庭。

与此同时,聚集在土叙边境的难民星期天告诉美国之音,越来越多的新来难民正在直接通过边界,乘坐巴士,开始她们下一阶段逃亡欧洲的危险旅程。

Germany and Austria are welcoming thousands of migrants within their borders Sunday.

Most of the migrants have opted to seek refuge in Germany - Europe's wealthiest country - where an estimated 8,000 are expected to arrive by day's end. German officials have said they will accept as many as 800,000 asylum seekers this year.

European Union countries have been divided amid an unprecedented migrant influx. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini has warned that the migrant inflow is “here to stay” and called for a unifying European approach to effectively respond to it.

Pope Francis on Sunday called on "every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe" to host a refugee family.

The pontiff told pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square that two parishes in the Vatican will take in two families of refugees.

Meanwhile, refugees on Turkey's border with Syria told VOA Sunday that more and more newcomers are going directly from the borders to buses to begin the next phase of their dangerous journey towards Europe.