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Libyan-Tunisian border crossing is calm, well run

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Credits: Sébastien Deschamps/Secours Catholique-Caritas France

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A Caritas assessment team made up of staff from Secours Catholique-Caritas France and Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a US member of Caritas) assessed this weekend the needs of migrant workers stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border following to the social unrests in Libya.

View pictures from the mission.

The team sent the following account from the border:

“The team arrived in Ras Ajdir on 5 March and went straight to the border to count the number of people crossing. Compared to the previous days, the number was fairly small, around a few hundred people. Most of them were from Bangladesh, the others were Egyptians, Libyans or from other African and Asian Countries. Continue reading

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