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100 thousand people leave Libya after unrests

28 February 2011 07:41 (UTC +04:00)

Most of them are now in the no man’s land around the border of Libya in very cold weather. According to reports from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) that was launched from the pages of CNN, Sunday, February 27, 2011, there are more than 40 thousand people who fled from Libya to Tunisia since 20 February. Meanwhile, there are more than 55 thousand people who fled from Libya to Egypt. The refugees were composed of citizens of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and people in Asia. According to the Red Crescent report on duty at the border between Libya and Tunisia, on Saturday, there are about 10 thousand people across the border. Most of them try to find a safe place, because the deteriorating situation in Libya. "People in large numbers are now in no man’s land between Libya, and Tunisia that the weather is very cold," said a spokeswoman for the Red Crescent, Joe Lowry. "They marched for six hours without food, drink, and good sanitation," Lowry continued.