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Poster on the airport road in Tripoli. EU official: 'Nobody is talking about evacuation. It's repatriation' (Photo: gordontour)

Thousands of EU citizens making their way out of Libya

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

EU officials estimate there are between 5,000 and 6,000 EU citizens still in Libya, with commercial airlines laying on extra flights to get people out.

The troubled country hosted as many as 10,000 European nationals before rioting began last week, but many people have already left.

The latest reports indicate that flights in and out of Tripoli airport are delayed but otherwise operating as usual and that Libya has dropped normal exit visa requirements despite the authorities' thr...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Poster on the airport road in Tripoli. EU official: 'Nobody is talking about evacuation. It's repatriation' (Photo: gordontour)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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