Posted on 07/25/2014 8:27:11 PM PDT by garjog
Under a 2009 agreement, Libya also agreed to allow Italian coastguard to stop boatloads of African migrants on the seas and forcibly return them to Libya. ...
Europe's reliance on Libyan complicity in holding back asylum seekers became particularly clear in the final days of Gaddafi's regime when the threatened dictator warned that if he was deposed, "thousands of people from Libya will invade Europe and there will be no one to stop them."
In fact, Gaddafi made good on his promise when, in May 2011, Libyan authorities reportedly began putting non-Libyan citizens on boats and sending them north to Europe. According to one news report, "A spokesman for Gaddafi suggested that increased illegal immigration was the price European nations would pay for their military and political support of the rebels trying to topple Libya's strongman."
(Excerpt) Read more at thinkafricapress.com ...
Another fine mess you got us into Barack.
Europe is on verge of a new Muslim invasion.
African migrants overwhelm Europe?
They should assimilate well.
African Refugees flood Europe
What could go wrong?
Reminds me of the 1970s novel THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS by JEAN RASPAIL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_Saints
The Camp of the Saints (Le Camp des saints) is a 1973 French apocalyptic novel by Jean Raspail. The novel depicts a hypothetical setting whereby Third World mass immigration to France and the West led to the destruction of Western civilization. It sparked controversial reactions ranging from prophetic to discriminatory. Almost forty years after publication the book returned to the bestseller list in 2011.[1]
“THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS”
Sounds fascinating.
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