[WATCH] Multi-faith prayer vigil for World Refugee Day

Multi-denominational faiths and Muslims congregate at Paola Mosque for prayer vigil on World Refugee Day.

A prayer vigil for migrants and refugee was held at the Paola mosque for World Refugee Day
A prayer vigil for migrants and refugee was held at the Paola mosque for World Refugee Day
Multi-faith vigil at Mosque on World Refugee Day • Video: Ray Attard

Members of Malta's religious communities, led in the main by Muslim imam Mohammed El Saadi and Auxiliary Bishop Charles J. Scicluna from the Maltese Catholic archdiocese, called for prayers to departed migrants who had perished at sea in the Mediterranan or were being forced to flee their homes due to persecution and war.