2011 Libyan border (24 images)

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 4 -- Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, fed up waiting buses, walk the ten kilos between the border and the Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisian and Libyan border, Feb. 24 -- Hundreds of Egyptian workers gather in bus to leave the border to the Choucha refugees camp..Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital. Around 2,500 people cross the border every 6 minutes, putting a strain on the efforts of the Tunisian Red Crescent to cater for the migrants, some of whom have covered long distances to reach the border, said the report...Medical and paramedical teams are manning a newly set-up military hospital and the local bus company is providing free transportation to the neighboring city of Ben Guerdane, aided by a number of volunteers who are ferrying the migrants away from the border to avoid congestion, according to the report...An emergency convoy composed of medicine and foodstuff was dispatched in aid to the Libyan people to Ras El Jedir on Wednesday evening and several hospitals and hostels are preparing to look after the increasing number of Libyan migrants who are fleeing the violence in their country, the report added.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisian and Libyan border, Feb. 24 -- A wealthy Egyptian woman wait with her children a private bus to go to the Djerba airport in oder to catch a plane to go home..Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital. Around 2,500 people cross the border every 6 minutes, putting a strain on the efforts of the Tunisian Red Crescent to cater for the migrants, some of whom have covered long distances to reach the border, said the report...Medical and paramedical teams are manning a newly set-up military hospital and the local bus company is providing free transportation to the neighboring city of Ben Guerdane, aided by a number of volunteers who are ferrying the migrants away from the border to avoid congestion, according to the report...An emergency convoy composed of medicine and foodstuff was dispatched in aid to the Libyan people to Ras El Jedir on Wednesday evening and several hospitals and hostels are preparing to look after the increasing number of Libyan migrants who are fleeing the violence in their country, the report added.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisian and Libyan border, Feb. 24 -- Hundreds of Egyptian workers mostly men, sometimes with wives and children try to cross the gates to enter Tunisa...Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital. Around 2,500 people cross the border every 6 minutes, putting a strain on the efforts of the Tunisian Red Crescent to cater for the migrants, some of whom have covered long distances to reach the border, said the report...Medical and paramedical teams are manning a newly set-up military hospital and the local bus company is providing free transportation to the neighboring city of Ben Guerdane, aided by a number of volunteers who are ferrying the migrants away from the border to avoid congestion, according to the report...An emergency convoy composed of medicine and foodstuff was dispatched in aid to the Libyan people to Ras El Jedir on Wednesday evening and several hospitals and hostels are preparing to look after the increasing number of Libyan migrants who are fleeing the violence in their country, the report added.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisian and Libyan border, Feb. 24 -- Egyptian workers had just crossed the Tunisan border carrying blankets and all their belongings in small suitcases...Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital. Around 2,500 people cross the border every 6 minutes, putting a strain on the efforts of the Tunisian Red Crescent to cater for the migrants, some of whom have covered long distances to reach the border, said the report...Medical and paramedical teams are manning a newly set-up military hospital and the local bus company is providing free transportation to the neighboring city of Ben Guerdane, aided by a number of volunteers who are ferrying the migrants away from the border to avoid congestion, according to the report...An emergency convoy composed of medicine and foodstuff was dispatched in aid to the Libyan people to Ras El Jedir on Wednesday evening and several hospitals and hostels are preparing to look after the increasing number of Libyan migrants who are fleeing the violence in their country, the report added.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Tunisian volonteers give away some blankets. Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Tunisian volonteers give away some blankets. Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 4 -- Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, arrive at night fall in Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border Feb. 25 -- Choucha refugges camp. Tunisan soldiers helped by Egyptian refugees put tents up. ..Thousands of foreigners have fled Libya's chaos into Tunisia but many more are trapped, international observers say. Laurence Hart, chief of mission in Libya for the International Organization for Migration, said Friday more than 6,700 Tunisians have crossed the border at Ra'as Ajadir, along with Egyptians, Turks, Chinese and others. More than 2,000 Egyptians crossed the border Thursday night, said Malek Mayhoub, head of civil defense in Ra'as Ajadir.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - Feb. 25 -- An Egyptian refugee smoke a cigarette in front of the tent he just finish to put up...Thousands of foreigners have fled Libya's chaos into Tunisia but many more are trapped, international observers say. Laurence Hart, chief of mission in Libya for the International Organization for Migration, said Friday more than 6,700 Tunisians have crossed the border at Ra'as Ajadir, along with Egyptians, Turks, Chinese and others. More than 2,000 Egyptians crossed the border Thursday night, said Malek Mayhoub, head of civil defense in Ra'as Ajadir.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 4 -- Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, take a shower in the Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Close to the border people set tons of trashes on fire to avoid epidemics. A Bangladeshi refugee walk throught the smoke looking for things he could save and use. ..Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster...Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi...At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Thousands of Bangladeshis refuggees lay down under the trees, set fire, cooking meal, waiting for a bus to the Choucha refugees camp, ten kilos far from the border ..Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster..Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi.At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- At nightfall, hundreds of Bengladeshi workers refugees run to get on the buses which gonna drive them to the Choucha refugee camp. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 5 -- Bangladeshis look at the stars and the moon in Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- At nightfall, hundreds of Bengladeshi workers refugees run to get on the buses which gonna drive them to the Choucha refugee camp. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisian and Libyan border, Feb. 24 -- Two Egyptians worker wait a bus to go to the choucha refugees camp...Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital. Around 2,500 people cross the border every 6 minutes, putting a strain on the efforts of the Tunisian Red Crescent to cater for the migrants, some of whom have covered long distances to reach the border, said the report...Medical and paramedical teams are manning a newly set-up military hospital and the local bus company is providing free transportation to the neighboring city of Ben Guerdane, aided by a number of volunteers who are ferrying the migrants away from the border to avoid congestion, according to the report...An emergency convoy composed of medicine and foodstuff was dispatched in aid to the Libyan people to Ras El Jedir on Wednesday evening and several hospitals and hostels are preparing to look after the increasing number of Libyan migrants who are fleeing the violence in their country, the report added.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Close to the border Bengladeshis refugees take refuge in buildings under construction. Some of them spend 3 days before getting a bus for the Choucha refugee camp...Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster. Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 3 -- Thousands of Bangladeshis refugees stand in queue waiting for a hot meal and a bottle of water..Desperate refugees continued to flow Thursday to Libya's border with Tunisia, where thousands anxiously waited to be taken home and aid workers warned of a humanitarian disaster..Waves of refugees -- mainly migrant workers from countries such as Egypt and Bangladesh -- have been fleeing Libya as fighting rages between opponents and loyalists of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi.At Tunisia's border post at Ras Jedir, a few Tunisian police officers and soldiers were struggling to contain thousands of new arrivals, baggage held over their heads, desperate to leave Libya.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 5 -- Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - RA'AS AJADIR, Tunisia and Libyan border - March 4 -- Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, fed up waiting buses, walk the ten kilos between the border and the Choucha refugees camp...Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.

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