Monday, February 28, 2011

Libya Conflict: mass escape from the chaos zone

Tens of thousands of foreigners fleeing from Libya, they leave a country in a state of emergency. The refugees report that they were threatened with knives and guns. According to Uno Gaddafi regime prevents numerous guest workers from leaving. Since Wednesday, they have been waiting in Tripoli to the exit, and now the Americans have done it: With the ship were 167 U.S. citizens evacuated from Libya - and have the port of Valletta, the capital of Malta achieved. Facilitates the refugees leave the ferry "Maria Dols. Helper push people in wheelchairs from the ship, women carry their babies in their arms. "It was a real ordeal," says the 30-year-old Sara Ali, a Libyan and has a U.S.


passport. "We are glad it is finally over." Lucile Usielmerazcerna also from Santa Cruz, California, is exhausted from the grueling departure: "It was really uncomfortable, I am glad we are out of there." Libya is in chaos, the people rise against the autocrat Muammar al-Gaddafi. And tens of thousands of people flee from the country in those days.

So on Saturday morning a Greek ferry reached with China in 2911 and 13 EU citizens the Cretan port of Iraklion. Another ferry with 1,900 Chinese people on board was expected on Saturday evening. India on Saturday launched a large-scale evacuation, with about 18,000 Indians from Libya to be taken to safety.

According to the United Nations, 22,000 refugees have settled over the border to Tunisia, 15,000 have fled to Egypt. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon cited reports according to which the refugees from Gaddafi's henchmen intimidated and threatened with guns and knives were. Many have described the departure as scary.

And still more foreigners were at the country, as have so far managed to cross the border. The regime allows the guest workers are currently not leave. In Tunisia, refugees reported heavy fighting in Libya's oil city Sawijah. "Corpses lay everywhere," said an eyewitness. "It is a war in every sense of the word." Another refugee said that this city is now in the hands of opponents of the regime.

He saw the army checkpoints and police outside the city, but were not even in Sawijah security forces have been more. Trittin calls for the admission of refugees given the dramatic situation, the Open Group CEO Juergen Trittin for temporary admission of refugees has expressed. "Within a reasonable burden-sharing among EU countries, Germany would certainly not overwhelmed when it takes up 500 or 1,000 refugees temporarily," Trittin said the "Saarbrücken Zeitung.

According to UN human rights would have no such right to political asylum. "That means if they calm the situation in Libya or Tunisia again, they have to return to their home countries," said Trittin. The Green Party criticized the blockade of the Federal Government on this issue. "When it comes to help you quickly and easily, do not want Germany on the sidelines," said Trittin.

"What happened today in Libya, has certainly reached the limit for genocide". The EU is deeply divided on how to deal with refugees in the Mediterranean. Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Thursday criticized for advisory services in Brussels, the attitude of Germany and other countries that are opposed to a distribution of refugees among the 27 EU states.

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