Sydney (Australia) .- Australia has hired a boat to evacuate more than a thousand Misrata Libyan civilians in northwestern Libya, where dozens of people have died from attacks by the forces of Muammar Qadhafi, official sources said. The passenger ship "Red Star 1, which made its fifth humanitarian trip to Libya will also help as part of a trip organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
"Australia does not cooperate with the military campaign in Libya, but we are a major contributor to humanitarian aid," said Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, the Australian ABC radio. The minister, who is in Paris, said that Libya has been destroyed "by a brutal dictatorship." Rudd said that Australia, which is after the United States and the European Union's third largest donor of humanitarian aid to Libya, contributes about 25 million Australian dollars (about 18.4 million euros) for this purpose.
Australian Minister also stressed the importance of military operations led by NATO against Gadhafi and efforts to protect the people of the town of Misrata, the rebel stronghold in Libya. "What is needed is to exert maximum pressure to the military, diplomatic and security of Gadhafi and his regime because Gaddafi has to leave," he said Rudd, after talks with his French counterpart, Alain Juppe, on Libya, Syria and the Middle East.
Rudd also called for access by UN envoys to Syria, where the use of violence by the regime of Bashar al-Assad against the popular protests in the past 48 hours "has been extreme," he said. 
"Australia does not cooperate with the military campaign in Libya, but we are a major contributor to humanitarian aid," said Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, the Australian ABC radio. The minister, who is in Paris, said that Libya has been destroyed "by a brutal dictatorship." Rudd said that Australia, which is after the United States and the European Union's third largest donor of humanitarian aid to Libya, contributes about 25 million Australian dollars (about 18.4 million euros) for this purpose.
Australian Minister also stressed the importance of military operations led by NATO against Gadhafi and efforts to protect the people of the town of Misrata, the rebel stronghold in Libya. "What is needed is to exert maximum pressure to the military, diplomatic and security of Gadhafi and his regime because Gaddafi has to leave," he said Rudd, after talks with his French counterpart, Alain Juppe, on Libya, Syria and the Middle East.
Rudd also called for access by UN envoys to Syria, where the use of violence by the regime of Bashar al-Assad against the popular protests in the past 48 hours "has been extreme," he said.
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