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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini gives a press conference following a General Affairs Council on Feburary 21, 2011 at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011

Open quoteThose who spoke of hundreds of thousands are not exaggerating.Close quote

  • FRANCO FRATTINI,
  • Italy's foreign minister, predicting a flood of migrants to southern Europe as a consequence of Libyan unrest; Italy already declared a humanitarian emergency after the arrival of some 3000 Tunisians
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