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1 December 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:06am

Colonel Gaddafi warns Europe over “turning black”

But there’s method in his madness.

By Sholto Byrnes

The Libyan ruler, Colonel Gaddafi, has used a summit in Tripoli to warn that Europe risks “turning black” unless Libya is given £4bn a year by the EU to keep out illegal immigrants from Africa. “We should stop this illegal immigration. If we don’t, Europe will become black, it will be overcome by people with different religions, it will change,” he said.

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