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Gaddafi: Migration 'inevitable'
 The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has told African and European government ministers that they must accept high levels of cross-border migration. Mr Gaddafi told ministers gathered for a conference on migration from Africa to the EU that resisting migration "is like rowing against the stream". "The current populations of the world are originally migrants," he said.Libya is hosting a two-day conference aiming to agree a common stance on both legal and illegal immigration. Ministers from more than 50 European and African countries are attending the conference. Libya is a key route for thousands of African migrants seeking to cross into Europe to begin a new life. Click here to see the main routes taken by African migrants. Posted by: tipper 2006-11-23 |
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