Libya says "no exceptions" in migrant expulsions

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Source: Reuters

By Salah Sarrar

TRIPOLI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - ...

The oil-rich north African country said on Wednesday it had started deporting illegal immigrants, a community of up to two million, mostly men from poor African states who are trying to reach Europe ...

Libya welcomed people from across Africa in the 1990s as it sought cheap labour to help repair an economy hit by sanctions ...

Libya has instructed housing authorities to destroy migrants' makeshift homes on the outskirts of Tripoli and other coastal cities.

Human rights group Amnesty International said Libya's plan was forbidden under international law and some of those expelled risked torture and abuse back home ...

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL20152293

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1. But that's

Amnesty International said Libya's plan was forbidden under international law and some of those expelled risked torture and abuse back home ...

exactly what awaits them in the great state of Bush's new buddies in this oil rich country. Just ask the Bulgarian nurses ...

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2. Sounds just like the GOP's bugle cry of American immigrations.

Sounds just like the GOP's bugle cry of American immigrations.

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3. Libya key transit for UK-bound migrants (where those 'no exception' immigrants are planning to go )

Up to a million await calmer spring seas before risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean

Up to a million migrants have gathered in Libya, from where they will attempt to sail across the Mediterranean for Europe and, ultimately, the UK.
New estimates reveal that there are two million migrants massed in the North African country and that half of them plan to sail to the European mainland and travel on to Britain in the hope of building a new life.

According to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), most have travelled from sub-Saharan states such as Ghana and Sierra Leone, attracted by Libya's reputation as a centre for people smugglers. Most are expected to wait until the spring, when the seas are calmer, before making the crossing on unseaworthy and crowded vessels.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/libya/story/0,,2239907,00.html

Libya is the Mexico of Europe.

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4. Kick

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5. .

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