THE DISCOMFORTS OF HOME.

SYRIAN refugees -- Social conditions; REFUGEES in the Syrian Civil War, 2011-; EXPATRIATION; EUROPEAN Migrant Crisis, 2015-; SYRIAN Civil War, 2011-; FRANCIS, Pope, 1936-

European Migration; Syrian Conflict

The article explores the condition of Syrian refugees in Paris, France, who fled their country due to war, persecution and devastation. Some Syrian families have put up camps under the city's highway overpasses. The image of Paris as the epitome of the expatriate dream is explained. In response to the refugee crisis, Pope Francis addressed the urgency of hospitality and the problem of indifference.