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Kelly M. Greenhill: Why Qadaffi tried to use refugees as weapons
Op-ed: The New York Times on April 21, 2011"In the early days of what grew into the Libyan uprising, Muammar el-Qaddafi summoned European Union ministers to Tripoli and issued an ultimatum: Stop supporting the protesters, or I’ll suspend cooperation on migration and Europe will be facing a human flood of from North Africa," writes former CISAC fellow Kelly M. Greenhill. "Given Libya’s history as an attractive transit point for North Africans seeking entry to Europe, it was a credible threat." 
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