Libyan Border News Today

Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month.The Libyan interior ministry earlier on Thursday announced the bilateral agreement to "put an end to the crisis of irregular migrants stranded in the border area".

Tunisian security forces in Sfax have rounded up hundreds of people from sub-Saharan Africa, including children, and dropped them in a no man’s land between the Tunisian and Libyan border, where they remain trapped with neither food nor water. These forced deportations carried out by the security services come against a backdrop of heightened anti-migrant rhetoric and violence that broke out in Sfax the night of July 3. Our team spoke to a man from the Ivory Coast who said that some peopl...

Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, dozens of whom were forcibly evicted from the city, witnesses said Wednesday.Videos shared on social media showed police chasing dozens of migrants from their homes to the cheers of city residents, before loading them into police cars.

To help out our brothers in libya because gadhafi has lost it. and we are worried about our egyptian brothers who are still in libya. hes among more than 40,000 egyptians who have now been evacuated through tunisia. he says hell go to the square and celebrate his own countrys revolution and then -- hopefully look for a job to feed his family, he says. becky anderson, cnn, near the tunisian/libyan border. obamas libyan abdication. the paper says if mr. obama thinks george w. bush was unpopular ...

>> oh, if i can enter, i will enter, yes. and i help the people there. i try to help the people and i try to do something with the resistance against the government. >> reporter: the rush of refugees has already overwhelmed the network of temporary camps and shelters set up by the tunisian government. as the wind kicks up, this growing army of stranded foreign workers is left camping in the dirt, victims of the storm that is transforming the middle east. ivan watson, cnn, on the tunisian/libyan ...

The libyan government it turning against them. arwa damon joins me from tunisia for todays "two at the top." arwa, you just rurnled from the tunisia/libyan border. what do you see? >> reporter: christine, it really is a tragic and desperate situation there. thousands, if not more, are trapped in no-mans-land between libya and tunisia, so desperate to get across they were literally trom pelling on top of one another. suitcases being passed overhead. tunisian authorities put up a metal gate. peo...

Stalemate, with neither being able to really make a decisive move against the other. john? >> ben wedeman for us in eastern libya, so well wait to see what the international community does next. ben, thanks. in addition to the violence and the political uncertainty, there is now talk of a humanetarian crisis as thousands of libyans flee as well as thousands of foreign workers who had jobs in libya, but are now rushing across the border to escape the violence. ivan watson is look the tunis / tuni...

Naval vessels that are said to be on the way to help evacuate people right now. >> what about any other international assistance of being able to bring food or other supplies to them as they wait in limbo right now? >> well, the united nations has arrived today. they say theyre flying in high-energy biscuits to help feed some of the people coming across the border. we do also know there are crowds perhaps hundreds of thousands of people according to one just on the other side of the tunisian/lib...

From tunisia, the first arab country to launch this pro-democracy movement, support for libyas own democratic uprising. but as you can see here, the numbers of people just bigger and bigger day after day. and the fear is if the bloodshed gets worse, that these scenes could get worse, as well. if libyans join the flow of refugees escaping the violence in their country. ivan watson, cnn, near the tunisian/libyan border. one american who fled libya was kathryn pander, she arrived back in philadel...

Demonstrations against moammar gadhafi where theyve been waving the pre-1969 libyan three-color flag that has become a symbol against gadhafi. we are seeing a show of support against tunisia, the first arab country to launch this prodemocracy movement. but as you can see mere, the numbers of people just get bigger and bigger day after day and the fear is if the bloodshed gets worse, that these scenes could get worse, as well. if libyans join the flow of refugees escaping the violence in their co...