European colonial memory on sell: Italian-Libyan agreements and the rejection of migrants
by Enrica Capussotti • 25 Aug 09On the 10th of June Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, leader of Libya, arrived in Rome for the first time since he ousted the monarchy in 1969. He addressed Italians saying: “you had apologised for what happened and that is what allowed me to be able to come here today”.