Libya: Up To A Million Refugees Could Pour Into Europe -- The Telegraph
The collapse of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime could result in a tidal wave of refugees and illegal immigrants pouring into Europe, EU ministers were warned on Monday night.
Officials in Brussels believe as many as 750,000 refugees could attempt to make their way across the Mediterranean into southern Europe if the Gaddafi regime collapses.
But Libyan estimates put the figure as high as two million, with vast numbers of sub-Saharan illegal immigrants seizing the opportunity to use the lawless country as a gateway to Europe.
A £500 million accord, signed between the EU and Tripoli last year, has helped combat the flow of illegal immigrants in recent months.
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My Comment: If Libya descends into anarchy and violence, that total will approach 2 million plus .... with refugees from neighboring countries increasing that total even more significantly.
With a failed immigration policy, Europe is now facing a time bomb of poor and destitute refugees swamping their social systems, and further eroding the limited financial resources that many of these countries have. Europe does not even have the military resources to commit to a a neighboring country (like Libya) in the event that it has collapsed into anarchy. Is this a failure of policy .... you betcha .... especially since many have been voicing these concerns (including this blog) for years.
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