Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú thinks he may have an answer to the current humanitarian crisis of tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa sweeping into Europe. Speaking last week at the Mexico Siglo XXI conference, a youth rally in Mexico City sponsored by Slim’s Fundación Telmex, Slim proposed the creation of “war-free zones” for refugees and called on the United Nations and world governments to work together toward that goal.

“It should be demanded that the country awash with violence reserve part of its territory as a sanctuary protected by the U.N. so that those who want to leave can go there instead of going to Germany, Spain and neighboring countries,” said the Honorary Chairman of América Móvil, in a video of his speech.

Before a handful of star-power American guests and 10,000 Fundación Telmex scholarship recipients, Slim said that if there could be “spaces” where “belligerents” would not be able to enter, then the war-free sanctuaries would work.

“Wars are a big problem. Countries have produced a massive wave of refugees that are expelled by violence in their countries and that don’t know where to go,” he opined.

What the telecom tycoon did not say is what would happen to the refugees once they reached the “war-free zones,” how long would they remain there and if the sanctuaries would operate as processing centers to allocate refugees to welcoming countries.

Slim seems to be more concerned with what’s happening on the other side of the Atlantic than the Mexican government of President Enrique Peña Nieto, which so far has not said a word about one of the worst humanitarian crisis in recent times. Contrary to Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela, which have said they would welcome Syrian refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism, Mexico has not offered any help or even verbal solidarity.