More than 191 000 people fled the violence so far in the revolt against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and about 10 thousand refugees still inside the country is currently directed towards the Egyptian border, the UN said Saturday. A "191 000 748 people, mainly migrant workers, left Libya so far," said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report, citing figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
As of Thursday, 104 000 275 people had taken refuge in Tunisia, Egypt reached 85 thousand and four thousand went to Algeria, the OCHA said in the report dated Friday. But the takeover of the steps in the Tunisian border by forces loyal to Muammar Gadhafi did reduce the flow of refugees, OCHA warned.
Some 12 500 people have yet to be evacuated from Tunisia, including 10 000 Bangladeshis, said the UN agency on the basis of figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). OCHA also warned that 10 thousand people in the interior of Libya trying to reach Al Saloum on the Egyptian border, point to be achieved "within three days." Libya, the scene of a violent revolt against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi before the uprising had about 2.5 million immigrants, of whom one million Egyptian workers, according to the IOM. 
As of Thursday, 104 000 275 people had taken refuge in Tunisia, Egypt reached 85 thousand and four thousand went to Algeria, the OCHA said in the report dated Friday. But the takeover of the steps in the Tunisian border by forces loyal to Muammar Gadhafi did reduce the flow of refugees, OCHA warned.
Some 12 500 people have yet to be evacuated from Tunisia, including 10 000 Bangladeshis, said the UN agency on the basis of figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). OCHA also warned that 10 thousand people in the interior of Libya trying to reach Al Saloum on the Egyptian border, point to be achieved "within three days." Libya, the scene of a violent revolt against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi before the uprising had about 2.5 million immigrants, of whom one million Egyptian workers, according to the IOM.
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