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Last EU evacuees to leave Libya by mid-week

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

Only 500 or so EU citizens who want to leave Libya are still in the country. The European Commission says 100,000 people in total have fled since fighting began and more than 2,000 may have been killed.

"The last remaining Europeans who want to leave should be out of the country in the next couple of days," an EU contact familiar with the fluid situation told EUobserver on Monday (28 February). "There is a problem when people say 'No', then 'Yes', then 'No' again. Some member states wi...

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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.

Libya opposition flag (Photo: mshamma)

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Author Bio

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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