by Elizabeth Haigh, Daily Mail
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said mass migration is ‘a crisis destabilising the west’ as he told Europe’s leaders America does not want allies that are ‘shackled by shame’.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday morning, Rubio claimed the west has ‘opened our doors’ to an ‘unprecedented wave of mass migration’ as he appealed to Europe to be ‘proud’ of its culture and Christian heritage.
But he also struck a somewhat conciliatory tone in parts, saying that America and Europe ‘belong together’ and said the continent is one of the US’s ‘cherished allies and oldest friends’.
We will always be a child of Europe,’ he added, to applause from the crowd.
Among those present at the conference is British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, alongside around 50 world leaders.
Starmer has already met with Germany‘s Friedrich Merz and France‘s Emmanuel Macron and is set to speak later and warn European allies to take more responsibility for their own defence, rather than rely on America.
The leaders have also met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss efforts to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as the four-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion nears.
European defence and the future of the transatlantic relationship are on the agenda at the conference, at a time when America’s commitment to Nato has been called into question.
Addressing ‘mass migration’ during his speech this morning, Rubio said: ‘Mass migration is not, was not, some fringe concern of little consequence.
Read also: Marco Rubio says Christian faith helped forge Western civilization, warns against open borders, by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post