Reference : V-P-TN-E-00153
Date : 03/03/2011
Country/Region : LIBYA; TUNISIA
Caption : Ras Jedir, on the border with Libya. Owing to the violence in Libya, thousands of migrant workers, mainly Egyptians but also Bangladeshis and people of other nationality, fled to Tunisia.
Photographer : DEPARDON, Mathias
Keyword : BORDER; MIGRATION; REFUGEE
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : Getty Images/CICR
Description : The migrant workers have to wait before they can leave for Djerba, Tunis or Zarzis - for repatriation to their home country or resettlement in a third country.
UNHCR estimated that more than 140,000 persons fled to neighbouring countries in a matter of days.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 3000x1996
Orientation : landscape
Colour/B&W : colour

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