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Article: Libya obstructs path for African migrants; Under pressure from Europe, Tripoli has taken steps to clamp down on illegal migration.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 13, 2007
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Byline: Jill Carroll Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
ZUWARAH, LIBYA -- On the northern edge of Africa, this historic transportation hub between Europe and Africa is just 180 miles from the small Italian island of Lampedusa. It's one of the many European islands that thousands of illegal migrants from northern and sub-Saharan Africa attempt to reach annually.
For decades, despite pressure from Europe, Libya has turned a blind eye to the flow of African migrants who cross its borders on their way to find work across the Mediterranean. But now as Libya, which remains under the rule of Col. Muammar Qaddafi, returns from years of international ...