It's a human tidal wave. As I write, the Tunisian government say eighty thousand people have crossed the border into Tunisia over the past week, escaping the violence in Libya. Most of them are Egyptian migrant workers, but the refugees come from all over the world. Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia, China, and the Phillippines are all scrambling to get away from the conflict in Libya.
D african leaders don鈥檛 want 2 say anything about libya is b/cos there is no diff.b/w them.is it mr paul bia or mugabe?victor ohaji 4rm orlu imo state nig.
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Does the world have to sit and watch this coward sweep his country clean of his ppl b4 the world react? I鈥檓 appalled by this. Does anyone have any humanitarian feelings at all? The world should step forward and stop this mad man from committing more attrocities. He is the one that looks like he鈥檚 on drugs and not his ppl. Plz stop call the protesters rebels. They r not, they r fending their freedoms. Yallie Sierra Leone
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I don鈥檛 thnk African leaders(AU) hv d moral nerves to comment on d events in Libya. Gaddafi in hs worst elements is even better than most of these AU members. BEN OGBUABANA, Lagos.
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The AU prolong silence in the situation in Libya is because many African leaders a lot in common with Gaddafi. From MANSOUR of Monrovia.
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Jodie in Virginia on the blog: What kind and how much support have other Arab and North African countries provided to the Libyan opposition and to the refugees on Libya's borders? I've heard lots of criticism from outsiders that Libya's neighbours aren't doing their part to help.
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World Have Your Say producers spoke to Bushra from Egypt earlier today: Bushra and her husband were working in Tripoli, and left last week on a flight, after waiting three days. She said she had to pay a lot of money to an official to allow them to wait inside the airport with their young baby.
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Jabbar in Maine on FB says: The European countries worried about mass migration should be funding camps to take care of refugees in Tunisia and Egypt.
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Sam says on FB: Chaos! Where the heck is the African Union? Why do they exist at all?
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US should attack on libya without any further loss of time.
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Robert in Kampala says on FB: The UN has gathered enough information about the sickening situation on ground. Troops should be taken there to calm the situation before thousands are massacred.
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Gaddaf矛 suggested Nigeria b split into two. Now what does he say about Libya going into pieces? Adamu Mahd矛, AZARE,NIGERIA
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David says on FB: The international community shouldn't sit back and watch this happen. Remember what happened in Rwanda?
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Tim on FB says: I don't have relatives there, but I think it is time for the UN to take a firmer stance, not just financial sanctions.
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Arthur from Nigeria emailed the 主播大秀: Thank God I came back home safely. A childhood friend of mine took me to Bhengazi last November with the hope of getting a job and furthering my education but I was caught up in the chaos. Please send UN troops to Libya quickly. I was smuggled back home through Niger on Saturday after paying 20 dollars to the border authorities.
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We''re on air discussing the fighting in Libya and the humanitarian crisis on its borders. Post your comments and questions here.
The Humanitarian Crisis in Libya
| Wednesday, 3 March 2011 | 18:00 - 19:10 GMT
It's a human tidal wave. As I write, the Tunisian government say eighty thousand people have crossed the border into Tunisia over the past week, escaping the violence in Libya. Most of them are Egyptian migrant workers, but the refugees come from all over the world. Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia, China, and the Phillippines are all scrambling to get away from the conflict in Libya.
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D african leaders don鈥檛 want 2 say anything about libya is b/cos there is no diff.b/w them.is it mr paul bia or mugabe?victor ohaji 4rm orlu imo state nig.
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Does the world have to sit and watch this coward sweep his country clean of his ppl b4 the world react? I鈥檓 appalled by this. Does anyone have any humanitarian feelings at all? The world should step forward and stop this mad man from committing more attrocities. He is the one that looks like he鈥檚 on drugs and not his ppl. Plz stop call the protesters rebels. They r not, they r fending their freedoms. Yallie Sierra Leone
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I don鈥檛 thnk African leaders(AU) hv d moral nerves to comment on d events in Libya. Gaddafi in hs worst elements is even better than most of these AU members. BEN OGBUABANA, Lagos.
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The AU prolong silence in the situation in Libya is because many African leaders a lot in common with Gaddafi. From MANSOUR of Monrovia.
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Jodie in Virginia on the blog: What kind and how much support have other Arab and North African countries provided to the Libyan opposition and to the refugees on Libya's borders? I've heard lots of criticism from outsiders that Libya's neighbours aren't doing their part to help.
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World Have Your Say producers spoke to Bushra from Egypt earlier today: Bushra and her husband were working in Tripoli, and left last week on a flight, after waiting three days. She said she had to pay a lot of money to an official to allow them to wait inside the airport with their young baby.
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Jabbar in Maine on FB says: The European countries worried about mass migration should be funding camps to take care of refugees in Tunisia and Egypt.
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Sam says on FB: Chaos! Where the heck is the African Union? Why do they exist at all?
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US should attack on libya without any further loss of time.
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Robert in Kampala says on FB: The UN has gathered enough information about the sickening situation on ground. Troops should be taken there to calm the situation before thousands are massacred.
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Gaddaf矛 suggested Nigeria b split into two. Now what does he say about Libya going into pieces? Adamu Mahd矛, AZARE,NIGERIA
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David says on FB: The international community shouldn't sit back and watch this happen. Remember what happened in Rwanda?
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Tim on FB says: I don't have relatives there, but I think it is time for the UN to take a firmer stance, not just financial sanctions.
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Arthur from Nigeria emailed the 主播大秀: Thank God I came back home safely. A childhood friend of mine took me to Bhengazi last November with the hope of getting a job and furthering my education but I was caught up in the chaos. Please send UN troops to Libya quickly. I was smuggled back home through Niger on Saturday after paying 20 dollars to the border authorities.
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We''re on air discussing the fighting in Libya and the humanitarian crisis on its borders. Post your comments and questions here.