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| Gaddafi Wants Africa-EU Summit on Immigrants |
| 2002-06-27 |
| Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged European Union leaders on Saturday to hold talks with their African counterparts on a joint strategy to stem illegal immigration. Gaddafi warned the EU only more development projects will help hold back a "black invasion of Europe" by illegal immigrants. "We are honest with you in telling you that no state in North Africa will volunteer to guard the gate of Europe free of charge, because the region itself is invaded by illegal migrants from sub-Sahara Africa and it has no control over this immigration," Gaddafi said in a letter to EU leaders. Sounds like "Give me money, or we'll find out just how tolerant you bastards really are..." Thousands of illegal immigrants travel to Europe from North Africa, mainly through Morocco to Spain and Tunisia to Italy. Blaming countries "from which migrants arrive in Europe will be useless, as these states are powerless to control immigration", Gaddafi said. Sounds like they're powerless to do much of anything. It must be terrible not to be able to influence the actions of your own citizens. It must be even worse not to be able to give them jobs and education, so they have to go finding other places that will. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |