BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president is criticizing Europe's handling of that continent's biggest refugee crisis since WWII.
Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday that Europe has fallen into a cultural decadence. She said she doesn't want Argentina to be like those countries that let kids die on their beaches. She was referring a 3-year-old Syrian boy who was photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach this week. The image has focused the world's attention on the wave of migration fueled by war and deprivation.
Fernandez said Argentina is proud of its migratory past. It recently said it is willing to welcome more Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war. The government eased their entrance through a 2014 program. It hasn't specified how many have arrived so far.