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| March 30, 2011 |
Faces of the displaced
For more than a month, refugees have been fleeing the violence and uncertainty of Libya into Tunisia. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has reported nearly 180,000 people have fled -- a rate of 2,000 a day. Most end up at border transit camps, desperately trying to find a way home. Here are the faces of a few of them. -- Lloyd Young
(39 photos total)

A Tunisian girl waits for her father to cross the border into Tunisia at the border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya on Feb. 23. Thousands of Tunisians have been fleeing Libya after a bloody crackdown on protests against the rule of Moammar Khadafy. At least 30,000 Tunisians had been living in Libya, and officials fear they could become targets because of Tunisia's role in inspiring uprisings across the Arab world. Tunisia's authoritarian president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, was overthrown in January. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) #

A refugee carries a mattress to his tent at a UN displacement camp on March 5 in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. In addition to Tunisians, tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Bangladesh, and other countries have been fleeing to the border of Tunisia to escape the violence. Fledgling Tunisia has been overwhelmed by the deluge. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

An Egyptian woman and child sit on a bus at a refugee camp near Ras Jdir on Feb. 28 after fleeing unrest. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups have said. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) #
More links and information
Responding to the Libya crisis - UN Refugee Agency site
Libya coverage - NYTimes.com



































