Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway island

What happened

The pontiff pays tribute to migrants who lost their lives at sea at a cemetery on the Italian island of Lampedusa

Why it matters

The force of this story is not in the headline but in the decisions it will force across the pope, urges, europe, migrants, visits landscape.

What sits behind it

The landscape around pope, urges, europe, migrants, visits has been shifting for some time, and BBC places this development within that longer trajectory.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our take

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of pope, urges, europe, migrants, visits: The pontiff pays tribute to migrants who lost their lives at sea at a cemetery on the Italian island of Lampedusa.