An exodus is under way now in Libya, the tenth day of the uprising against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Many countries have indeed accelerated, Thursday, February 24, evacuation by air, sea and land of their nationals. Thousands of Chinese workers in railway construction, oil and telecommunications have docked in the port of Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete, during a massive operation launched by the China Sea with ferry Greek.
A first boat arrived from Benghazi in the late morning in Heraklion, capital of the island, followed by a second, landing a total of 4400 people, mostly Chinese nationals. China, which plans to evacuate 15,000 of its nationals in the 33,000 Chinese working in Libya, has chartered two other ferries.
On board the boat arrived on Thursday were also Thais, Sri Lankans, Italians, Romanians and Greeks. Other Asian countries were establishing evacuation operations to try to repatriate 60,000 Bangladeshis, 30,000 Filipinos, 23,000 Thais and 18,000 Indians. "Given the serious deterioration unprecedented situation in Libya, the Indian government has decided to immediately begin evacuation operations for our citizens," said New Delhi.
A ferry, currently in Egypt, will soon sail to Benghazi, then join Alexandria where Indian nationals were repatriated by plane. The 1400 South Koreans still present in Libya were waiting Friday two planes: a Boeing 747 from Korean Air with a capacity of 330 passengers and another Boeing 777 to Egypt Air, pick up 260 passengers.
Warship South Korean patrol off Somalia to fight against the pirates was also diverted to Libya and should arrive next week, announced the Ministry of Defence. But not all Asian workers will not have the chance to be repatriated. Almost 100,000 domestic workers or workers from Bangladesh and the Philippines, are now left to fend for themselves.
Their governments are struggling to implement evacuation plans. A situation that expose organizations protecting the rights of Asian workers. "Some countries with significant resources can react quickly, but for other countries, it can be very difficult," said Jeff Johnson, director of the Philippine Bureau of International Labor Office (ILO).
The Philippines is one of those countries which lack resources as acknowledged this week the President Benigno Aquino. "We have limited resources. Maybe if we were a rich country like the United States we might have consular officials everywhere. " Mr. Aquino said his government was doing everything possible to assist some 30,000 Filipinos on Libyan soil.
The European Union sought Thursday a military naval support to evacuate some 6,000 nationals still in Libya, member states have decided to activate an emergency mechanism to pool their resources. Greece, which has already dispatched a frigate off the coast of Libya, was prepared to consider a naval support.
China has offered to evacuate 500 Europeans using their vessels in the area. The United Kingdom has sent a C-130 Hercules from Royal Air Force in Tripoli, who arrived in Malta on Thursday with its edge 51 Britons. In total, two chartered planes and Hercules were evacuated from 250 Britons Thursday.
A British frigate departed in late afternoon the port of Benghazi, also for Malta, with 200 Britons on board. Germany has sent two frigates and a support vessel tactics to rescue its nationals. The airline Lufthansa, which has suspended its regular flights to Tripoli, said it had carried these last days "of 600 to 700 people" from Libya to Germany.
A French military plane with 165 tourists, including 152 French, from south-eastern Libya, on Wednesday landed in Paris. In total, France, in two days, evacuated 556 people, including 487 French. Italy has sent a C-130 Hercules in Tripoli, Libya which is expected to leave Thursday with "dozens" of Italian citizens and foreigners.
Since the troubles began, 800 Italians, on the 1500 living in Libya, were repatriated. A military aircraft sent to Tripoli the day before the Netherlands was evacuated Thursday forty-two foreigners, including nine Dutch, as the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Turkey said it had repatriated more than 7,000 people, including third-country nationals who required assistance.
25,000 Turks were present in Libya. Russia has repatriated 339 of its nationals from Tripoli, arrived in Moscow aboard three aircraft. Approximately 20,000 people have fled violence in Libya to Tunisia by road since Feb. 20, mostly Tunisians, Egyptians, Chinese and Libyans, according to an official of the Tunisian Civil Protection.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has estimated total to more than 30,000 the number of people who fled Libya since Monday, mostly Tunisians and Egyptians. Nearly one and a half million Egyptians and Tunisians employed about 50,000 in Libya. Flights have also been organized to repatriate them.
A ferry chartered by the United States to evacuate their nationals from Libya - estimated now at 650 - was docked in Tripoli for over twenty-four hours, blocked by bad weather that prevented it from sailing to Malta, as the Department of State. Just under 300 people, including 118 non-Americans are on board.
Nearly 200 Canadians were evacuated Thursday night from Libya, with the help of allied countries (UK, Spain and USA) and after a rescue of the Government of Canada has cut short, said the door critic of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canadians should travel on an aircraft chartered by Ottawa, but he could not take off Thursday from Rome because of a refusal by the insurer of the aircraft, citing security reasons.
The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht began evacuating more than 3,000 employees of various nationalities, including nearly 200 Brazilians, said Thursday in Brasilia direction. 446 employees and their families, including 107 Brazilians have already arrived in Malta by air, the company said.
The same aircraft had to make two more flights carrying 900 other people and a boat was to arrive in Tripoli to evacuate 2,000 people, "she added. 
A first boat arrived from Benghazi in the late morning in Heraklion, capital of the island, followed by a second, landing a total of 4400 people, mostly Chinese nationals. China, which plans to evacuate 15,000 of its nationals in the 33,000 Chinese working in Libya, has chartered two other ferries.
On board the boat arrived on Thursday were also Thais, Sri Lankans, Italians, Romanians and Greeks. Other Asian countries were establishing evacuation operations to try to repatriate 60,000 Bangladeshis, 30,000 Filipinos, 23,000 Thais and 18,000 Indians. "Given the serious deterioration unprecedented situation in Libya, the Indian government has decided to immediately begin evacuation operations for our citizens," said New Delhi.
A ferry, currently in Egypt, will soon sail to Benghazi, then join Alexandria where Indian nationals were repatriated by plane. The 1400 South Koreans still present in Libya were waiting Friday two planes: a Boeing 747 from Korean Air with a capacity of 330 passengers and another Boeing 777 to Egypt Air, pick up 260 passengers.
Warship South Korean patrol off Somalia to fight against the pirates was also diverted to Libya and should arrive next week, announced the Ministry of Defence. But not all Asian workers will not have the chance to be repatriated. Almost 100,000 domestic workers or workers from Bangladesh and the Philippines, are now left to fend for themselves.
Their governments are struggling to implement evacuation plans. A situation that expose organizations protecting the rights of Asian workers. "Some countries with significant resources can react quickly, but for other countries, it can be very difficult," said Jeff Johnson, director of the Philippine Bureau of International Labor Office (ILO).
The Philippines is one of those countries which lack resources as acknowledged this week the President Benigno Aquino. "We have limited resources. Maybe if we were a rich country like the United States we might have consular officials everywhere. " Mr. Aquino said his government was doing everything possible to assist some 30,000 Filipinos on Libyan soil.
The European Union sought Thursday a military naval support to evacuate some 6,000 nationals still in Libya, member states have decided to activate an emergency mechanism to pool their resources. Greece, which has already dispatched a frigate off the coast of Libya, was prepared to consider a naval support.
China has offered to evacuate 500 Europeans using their vessels in the area. The United Kingdom has sent a C-130 Hercules from Royal Air Force in Tripoli, who arrived in Malta on Thursday with its edge 51 Britons. In total, two chartered planes and Hercules were evacuated from 250 Britons Thursday.
A British frigate departed in late afternoon the port of Benghazi, also for Malta, with 200 Britons on board. Germany has sent two frigates and a support vessel tactics to rescue its nationals. The airline Lufthansa, which has suspended its regular flights to Tripoli, said it had carried these last days "of 600 to 700 people" from Libya to Germany.
A French military plane with 165 tourists, including 152 French, from south-eastern Libya, on Wednesday landed in Paris. In total, France, in two days, evacuated 556 people, including 487 French. Italy has sent a C-130 Hercules in Tripoli, Libya which is expected to leave Thursday with "dozens" of Italian citizens and foreigners.
Since the troubles began, 800 Italians, on the 1500 living in Libya, were repatriated. A military aircraft sent to Tripoli the day before the Netherlands was evacuated Thursday forty-two foreigners, including nine Dutch, as the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Turkey said it had repatriated more than 7,000 people, including third-country nationals who required assistance.
25,000 Turks were present in Libya. Russia has repatriated 339 of its nationals from Tripoli, arrived in Moscow aboard three aircraft. Approximately 20,000 people have fled violence in Libya to Tunisia by road since Feb. 20, mostly Tunisians, Egyptians, Chinese and Libyans, according to an official of the Tunisian Civil Protection.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has estimated total to more than 30,000 the number of people who fled Libya since Monday, mostly Tunisians and Egyptians. Nearly one and a half million Egyptians and Tunisians employed about 50,000 in Libya. Flights have also been organized to repatriate them.
A ferry chartered by the United States to evacuate their nationals from Libya - estimated now at 650 - was docked in Tripoli for over twenty-four hours, blocked by bad weather that prevented it from sailing to Malta, as the Department of State. Just under 300 people, including 118 non-Americans are on board.
Nearly 200 Canadians were evacuated Thursday night from Libya, with the help of allied countries (UK, Spain and USA) and after a rescue of the Government of Canada has cut short, said the door critic of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canadians should travel on an aircraft chartered by Ottawa, but he could not take off Thursday from Rome because of a refusal by the insurer of the aircraft, citing security reasons.
The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht began evacuating more than 3,000 employees of various nationalities, including nearly 200 Brazilians, said Thursday in Brasilia direction. 446 employees and their families, including 107 Brazilians have already arrived in Malta by air, the company said.
The same aircraft had to make two more flights carrying 900 other people and a boat was to arrive in Tripoli to evacuate 2,000 people, "she added.
- Canadian Evacuation Plane Leaves Libya Sans Evacuees (25/02/2011)
- Canadian evacuation flight out of Libya is cancelled (24/02/2011)
- Vietnam evacuates workers from Libya (25/02/2011)
- Vietnam evacuates workers from Libya (25/02/2011)
- Total number of Canadians in Libya evacuated by Ottawa: zero (25/02/2011)
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