Vatican City, Oct 6, 2015 / 02:38 pm (CNA).- Despite a media focus on divorce and homosexuality, the synod discussions regarding family issues cannot ignore the weighty impact of the current migration crisis, said U.K. Cardinal Vincent Nichols.

“We should have the integrity of the family foremost in our minds,” the cardinal told CNA, speaking about the many families who have become separated by the migrant crisis.

He cited as an example the trials of Middle Eastern migrants who have family members in England.