Libya: Thousands Flee Fighting in West Into Tunisia

Dehiba — A growing number of Libyan refugees have been arriving in Tunisia from Libya's Western Mountains regions, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday.

"This past weekend, some 6,000 Libyan nationals arrived in the Dehiba area of southern Tunisia," UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic told journalists in Geneva. "Overall, we estimate that 10,000 Libyans have crossed into this area over the past 10 days," he added. The majority are ethnic Berbers.

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