Gaddafi seeks EU funds to curb illegal migrants

During a visit to Italy, Muammer Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, urged the European Union on the 30 August 2010 to give €5bn a year to his country to fight illegal immigration in the Mediterranean.

L’Unità, 30.8.10: Gadaffi’s second Roman holiday (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/326301-gadaffi-s-second-roman-holiday

Deutsche Welle, 1.9.10: EU rejects Gadhafi's multibillion euro demand for help with illegal African migrants http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5965781,00.html

La Stampa, 2.9.10: Is Gaddafi right? (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/330111-gaddafi-right

ESO: Background information: How Gadaffi blackmails Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/how-gadaffi-blackmails-europe/

ESO: Background information: Forty years on, Gadhafi's relationship with West takes on new dimension http://www.europeansources.info/record/forty-years-on-gadhafis-relationship-with-west-takes-on-new-dimension/

BBC News, 31.8.10: Gaddafi wants EU cash to stop African migrants http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11139345

EUObserver, 1.9.10: EU to discuss Gaddafi's €5 billion demand at Africa summit, Italy says http://euobserver.com/9/30708

Corriere della Sera, 31.8.10: Gaddafi is pulling our leg (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/327801-gaddafi-pulling-our-leg

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