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Old 23rd Apr 2015, 12:24
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As Predicted: Overthrow of Qaddafi Led to Horrific Migrant Crisis in Europe / Sputnik International
West Should Take Responsibility for Chaos in Libya ? Prime Minister / Sputnik International
What proportion of the refugees are from Libya? I suspect not very many.

To stop people dying at sea, you intercept them, look after them medically and process them offshore. Those who are deemed to be true refugees, then get offered settlement in whatever country is willing to take them. Those who are deemed to be economic refugees get returned to the point of origin, in unsinkable lifeboats if needed. Sound familiar? Economic refugees from Iran, Sri Lanka and various other countries stopped paying the people smugglers when they realised the best they could hope for was PNG citizenship and not Australian.
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