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Refugees flee Libya into Tunisia

Thousands of migrant workers and Libyans are fleeing to Tunisia via the border post to escape violence

Tunisia has at least 30,000 nationals in Libya and officials fear they could become targets because of Tunisia's role in inspiring uprisings across the Arab world (Getty Images)

A girl who recently fled Libya sits on a bus with other displaced persons on the Tunisian side of the border on February 23 (Getty Images)

People fleeing Libya carry their luggage to the Tunisian border post on February 23 (Getty Images)

Thousands of Tunisians are fleeing Libya, many across its western land border, after a bloody crackdown there on protests against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi (Getty Images)

Some 3,000 Tunisians crossed the border at Dhiba and Ben Gerden in southern Tunisia on Monday night (Getty Images)

Another 1,200 were being evacuated by air on Tuesday to Tunisia’s capital (Getty Images)

A man sits on a bus with other displaced persons on the Tunisian side of the border (Getty Images)

People fleeing Libya carry their luggage to the Tunisian border post (Getty Images)

A woman walks with her luggage on the Tunisian side of the border (Getty Images)

Men wave their Tunisian passports as they cross the border into Tunnisia at a border post (Getty Images)

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