His very first papal visit outside Rome was to the island of Lampedusa, where he spent his time not with the locals, but with illegal migrants who had risked life and limb to make it to Europe.
Odredište njegove prve posjete izvan Rima bio je otok Lampedusa, gdje nije provodio vrijeme s mještanima, nego s ilegalnim imigrantima koji su riskirali život i zdravlje da se domognu Europe.