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Ghana men on the border

"In contrast to the chaos on the Tunisia side, the situation on the Egypt/Libya border is relatively stable. This, I think, is down to 2 main factors. Firstly the vast majority of people crossing here, around 75%, have been Egyptians who were living and working in Libya and have simply returned to their home towns. Secondly, the Egyptian military, who are in charge at the post, have been both well organised and understanding. The process, therefore, for getting to and from the border is clear. They have also in some cases laid on free buses to take people the hundreds of kilometres from the remote, dusty, sand-swept border post to the major population centres like Cairo and Alexandria.

There have of course been some problems and delays for people arriving here from countries other than Egypt. Hundreds, perhaps a couple of thousand, people have turned up with no passports or money. Most were working for large international construction companies, and under Libyan laws the companies held onto their passports. Some were also not paid for several weeks, meaning they also appeared without any money. That all resulted in hundreds of Bangladeshis in particular being forced to stay several days on the border until their embassy sent a representative to help them. But the International Organisation for Migration have now started laying on charter flights for them from Egypt to Bangladesh and the IOM describe the overall situation on the border, at least at the moment, as fairly orderly. "

Several members of the same football team in Libya flee.

A small aid convoy heads in

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