Dalai Lama Says 'Europe Belongs to the Europeans'

Addressing a conference in Malmö, Sweden, home of many immigrants, the Dalai Lama said Europe was "morally responsible" for helping refugees who are in danger—but that ultimately those refugees should return to their homelands. "Receive them, help them, educate them ... but ultimately they should develop their own country," he said, per the Local. "I think Europe belongs to the Europeans," and that refugees "ultimately should rebuild their own country," he added. The 83-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner fled Tibet as Chinese communist troops took over the area in 1959, and settled in India, where he was granted asylum, the Daily Caller notes. (More Dalai Lama stories.)