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RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: The Lybia and Tunisia border in Ras Jdir borber line. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Getty Images) -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of thousands of workers from Bangladesh waiting at the border between Libya and Tunisia, to cross the border As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Getty Images) -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh at the customs office of the border between Libya and TunisiaAs fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh at the customs office of the border between Libya and Tunisia As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: thousands of workers from Bangladesh, Egypt, Vietnam and other nations are waiting in the Ras Jdir border to be transferred to the refugee camp Choucha As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A worker from Bangladesh border wait Ras Jdir to be transferred to refugee camp Choucha As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: An Egyptian worker is shaved in a barber shop on the border of Ras Jdir As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers are heated by a campfire. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be transferred to the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be transferred to the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be transferred to the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be transferred to the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: Panoramic image of the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A worker in Bangladesh reach the refugee camp Choucha As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers in Bangladesh set up their tents in camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be installed in the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011:A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting to be installed in the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers protest not be moved back to Egypt as soon as possible and have to wait in the refugee camp Choucha As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh camera show proof of the company they worked for Korea in Libya and left them to fend for themselves during the fighting. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011:A group of workers from Bangladesh are waiting their turn in line for food in the refugee camp Choucha As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Bangladesh are taking showers in the refugee camp Choucha. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: The shoes of a group of workers from Bangladesh in the outside of their tent As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of workers from Egypt are moved to Djerba airport to return home As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
CHOUCHA REFUGEES CAMP, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011:A group of workers from Vietnam are moved to Djerba airport to return home As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
DJERBA, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers waiting at the airport of Djerba to be transferred back to Egypt. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
DJERBA, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers waiting to board the plane that moves them back to their country.As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
DJERBA, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers waiting to board the plane that moves them back to their country. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
DJERBA, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A group of Egyptian workers waiting for their plane takes off to return to their country. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. -
DJERBA, TUNISIA - MARCH 2011: A plane carrying humanitarian aid in the airport of Djerba. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men, women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end.
Libya; the last border
As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers in from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers. Different governments have begun to send aid to the area as well as flights to assist the repatriation to their countries of origin of worker.
In Libya the fighting between troops loyal to Colonel Qaddafi and the rebels continue both east and west of the country. The rebels desperately hope the international community support while troops loyal to Qadhafi continue its offensive to reclaim rebel strongholds.
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