5 Euros - Franciscus World Day of Migrant

Issued under Pope Francis, whose own Argentine family background traces to Italian immigrant stock, this coin was released for the annual World Day of Migrants and Refugees — an observance Francis has treated as a personal priority, repeatedly clashing with European governments over border and asylum policy. The 2020 theme, "Forced to flee like Jesus," drew from the Matthean account of the Holy Family's flight to Egypt, a framing Francis had used deliberately in public statements to challenge political resistance to refugee resettlement.

Vatican commemorative silver of this period was struck by the Italian State Mint at Rome under contract.