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Time. look at western border with tunisia, where tens of thousands have fled to try to escape the violence. jonathan hunt is streaming live from the border with the latest. >> reporter: jenna, u.n. officials tell us that something like 160,000 refugees have now fled the fighting in libya, more than half of them are coming across the western border here and into tunisia. tunisian authorities have so far tried to keep us away from seeing exactly what was happening at the libyan side of those border gates. but finally, we were able to get an up-close look. these are just some of the thousands of ...

Because it could not depart due to the enormous storm that has been buffeting the southern mediterranean sea. and these are but a traction of the tens of thousands of foreigners who are struggling to get out of libya right now and escape the bloodshed right now. they're traveling by land, by sea, and by air. they're swarming the airport in tripoli. they're swarming the border gates as well. and there are other ferryboats headed here to malta and also heading to other ports around the mediterranean. now, more than half of the passengers on board this vessel are american citizens. some of them a...

The tunisia authorities are keeping us from seeing what was happening right at the border gates. but, today, we got an upclose look. these are just some of the thousands of refugees desperate to get into tunisia. we are told that on this, the libyan side of the border, there are 20,000 refugees lined up at any time and with the violence engulfing libya that number is growing by the hour. the goal is here, under me, the blue gate that separates too any russia from libya, separating chaos from safety for thousands. the tunisian army is trying to keep order but this threatens to spill out-of-cont...