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EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton (r) chaired Monday's meeting before flying to Cairo later the same evening (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU scorns Libya 'blackmail' on migrants

by Leigh Phillips, Brussels,

The European Union has rejected a threat from Libya's Colonel Moammar Gaddafi that if the bloc does not side with him, he will unleash a flood of immigrants across the Mediterranean.

Tripoli's strongman last week warned that Libya, the departure point to the EU for many of Africa's would-be migrants, would stop co-operating on preventing them from making the trek across Europe's southern sea if the bloc takes the side of protesters.

"The Hungarian ambassador was called in in Liby...

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EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton (r) chaired Monday's meeting before flying to Cairo later the same evening (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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