Pope urges countries not to take in more migrants than they can "assimilate"

Pope Francis has urged countries not to take in more migrants than they can ‘assimilate’ saying it could lead to ghettoization.

The Pontiff had been had been on a visit to Sweden, which has welcomed 245,000 refugees in 2015, to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

But on the flight back to Rome, he held an impromptu press conference where he was asked about the European migrant crisis.

Pope Francis talk to reporters on a flight back from Sweden to Rome. He has rged countries not to take in more migrants than they can ‘assimilate’ saying it could lead to ghettoization

And he said that even though countries shouldn’t ‘close their hearts’ to refugees, they do have the right to assess their capacity to effectively integrate them into society.