Migrant workers flee Libya – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Thousands of migrant workers from Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa are leaving Libya by bus, boat or plane Thu 3 Mar 2011 08.06 EST First published on Thu 3 Mar 2011 08.06 EST Bangladeshi migrant workers wait at the Ras Jdir crossing on the Libya/Tunisia border Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A Bangladeshi worker, who had been waiting to leave Libya for more than six days, walks beside the water in the eastern port of Benghazi Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A Tunisian woman carries her bags at the Ras Jdir border post between Libya and Tunisia Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter An Egyptian man sits on a bus at the Ras Jdir border post near the Tunisian city of Ben Gherdane Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter An Egyptian man who fled Libya several days earlier sits on his luggage at Ddjerba airport in Tunisia on his way back to Egypt Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bangladeshi migrant workers fleeing the unrest in Libya wait by the Tunisian gate at the Ras Jdir border crossing Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bangladeshi workers wait in Benghazi to be evacuated from Libya Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptian workers drink tea while others line up for food at the Ras Jdir border crossing Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptian migrant workers wait at a makeshift camp at Tripoli airport Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptians who fled Libya to Tunisia leave the Echoucha refugee camp by bus Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptians carry their belongings at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army at the Ras Jdir border post Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptians board a bus at the Ras Jdir border post Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Indian workers queue in Benghazi to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Men carry their belongings on their heads at a makeshift camp, mainly occupied by Egyptians, at Tripoli airport Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Migrant workers who recently crossed into Tunisia from Libya line up to receive food and water at a temporary camp in Ras Jdir Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Migrant workers are living in squalid conditions after crossing into Tunisia from Libya in Ras Jdir Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Egyptians carry their belongings as they cross into Tunisia at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army at the Ras Jdir border post Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bangladeshi migrant workers at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir Photograph: Str/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A person is helped through a bus window as Egyptian refugees who fled Libya to Tunisia leave the Echoucha camp by bus Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Migrant workers are living in squalid conditions after crossing into Tunisia from Libya in Ras Jdir Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Refugees from Libya play football at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army at the Ras Jdir border post, near the Tunisian city of Ben Gherdane Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Vietnameses refugees from Libya wait at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Niger refugees who fled Libya walk among tents at the Choucha refugee camp Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A view of the border area where migrant workers are living in squalid conditions after crossing into Tunisia from Libya Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Libya Protest Africa