'We have to think about how to reduce the killing': Dalai Lama urges others to help refugees

Reiterates Europe cannot do it alone.

In a Magdalen College in Oxford, The Dalai Lama said, "it is impossible" for every refugee to come to Europe. He therefore seeks the help of different governments to temporarily set aside their interests and help the people who are "crying, starving and asking for help."

MUNTINLUPA CITY, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - On the first of a nine-day visit to the UK, the Dalai Lama delivered a lecture and said Europe couldn't provide for the massive influx of refugees, so he sought help from other countries to provide practical and moral support to solve the Syrian crisis.

The spiritual leader believes there are many more ways to help Syrian refugees fleeing from their nation but "ultimately we have to think about how to reduce the killing in their countries. And we have to reduce the use of force. The use of force never solved these problems," he said. 
A record high of 5,809 refugees have been recorded entering Hungary, breaking the previous record of 4,330 refugees in a day. Countries like Germany, Austria and Slovakia are now implementing new forms of border control to manage the surge of people entering their countries. Hungary has already built a controversial 13-foot-high fence along its 110-mile border with Serbia.

The Dalai Lama said, "I think Germany and Austria have had a very good response ... This country (UK) is also now showing the seriousness of what we have to do -wonderful."
He also shared a few details of his letter to former US President George Bush after the 9/11 incident, "After 9/11 I wrote a letter to President Bush where I expressed my condolences and told him the way to solve this problem was through non-violence. I know his motives were good but he used force and it created unexpected consequences."
The Dalai Lama posed for pictures and took selfies with children who rushed to him after his speech.

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