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Thu 05 May 2004EU asked for payment to stop refugeesBELARUS: President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, perhaps the strangest and most oppressive new neighbour to be endured by the expanded European Union, demanded millions of euros from Brussels yesterday to stop refugees flooding into the bloc."We are fighting illegal migration very actively but we can- not do it without spending money," said Mr Lukashenko (54), whose aversion to free media and political opposition over a decade in power has seen him dubbed "Europe's last dictator".