Border Crisis - Libya

Libya's refugees flood a desperate Tunisia

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Since the start of Libya's conflict more than 100,000 people have fled the country, over half crossing into neighbouring Tunisia. Arriving in a country suffering its own turmoil, the prospects are grim.

The eerie voice of the man at the centre of the Libyan crisis, Gaddafi, is broadcast on loudspeakers chanting "revolution, revolution", as refugees pour across the border into Tunisia. Those fleeing are afraid to speak freely about the turmoil they are leaving behind as government militias try to keep them away from journalists. "Libya is very good", one man insists. Others are more open: "We paid a neighbour and he helped us to the border but he could not protect us from the soldiers who beat us". The burgeoning refugee crisis created by the conflict in Libya is placing a massive humanitarian burden on Tunisia's already overloaded camps. There are also refugees originally from Somalia, the Sudan and Bangladesh; they had arrived in Libya hoping for asylum, only to find themselves amidst further violence. A Somali politician arrives in the camp to try and persuade his citizens to return to Somalia:"How long are you prepared to wait?", he pleads with the hostile crowd. As the situation in the camp rapidly deteriorates, the choices are looking slim.

A Film By SBS
Distributed By Journeyman Pictures
April 2011

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[sukebegaijin1]

@Gr33kElite You cannot judge the whole Somalians because of few. If you lived in poverty, you would smell too. Have some heart for others too.

[13AlbinoRhinos]

When the day comes that we meet,  and i extend my hand to greet you i promise there will be no gun to kill you with simply because we are different. Look hard enough and you'll see that there is someone you love, and someone that loves you. Look even harder and realize that everyone else does too.

[gabl8a89]

We always keep saying human right violation in China, in North Korea but how about NATO bombarding Libya? Isn't that a violation of human right too? NATO killed Qaddafi family members, they are victims! And if Qaddafi really done something wrong, why dont we just send him to international court of war crime? I'm here to question the west, what the hell is going wrong ?

[gabl8a89]

Look how Libya develop these days, Qaddafi bring the nation out of poverty, become one of the richest nation in Africa. Yes, he's a dictator, but look at Singapore, ex-president "Lee Kuan Yew" is a dictator too, is that mean we need to collapse his power to show our sense of JUSTICE? Im not here to say Quddafi is a good guy or such and I dont know too much about him. But at least I know what he have done is not enough for us to put him dead in our scope of justice!

[gabl8a89]

Christianity is evil, Qaddafi is a victim`!

[HousekaterClaudio]

This "Translator" is totally subjective and it turning everything against Lybia's government! Most of the people are fleeing from the bombs and the panic and instability these "Rebels" are organising!

Just like in Ivory Coast this is a very dirty western coup!

[Gr33kElite]

@sdrawkcabgnipytmi so is athiesm ;)

[sdrawkcabgnipytmi]

@1Waddup

Christianity is just as fucking retarded as Islam.

[ruumpleteaser]

The guy at the end claims that since his country is fucked up that he has the right to go to a different country..... ya right. He can keep his savage values and die with them in the shit hole that he and his fellow men made. Not to mention they had an aditional 2000 years to make their civalizaton, and that we made ours in 150 years. Fuck Imagration

[1Waddup]

@worteltjd u satan worshipper, keep bowing to that idol in the desert in mecca

[jashansekhon1978]

this reporter chick is hot man....

[worteltjd]

@1Waddup you are satan, the pope told me so himself

[1Waddup]

@medbizzle allah is satan, he tells u to bow to a kaaba toilet box in mecca whiles the God of the bible forbid such a toilet worshipping kaaba. Ex 20:4-5

[medbizzle]

@1Waddup were is your evidence come on people need to stop saying islam is evil it is not the only religion dat kill innocent people what about isreal killing people in palestines what about america and england killing innocent people in afghanistant.

[1Waddup]

islam is evil

[Gr33kElite]

@BigMTBrain thats a nice answer ;)

[BigMTBrain]

@Gr33kElite - :D

[BigMTBrain]

@robi2000 - (part 2) - This is a better, QUICK summary of the Venus Project and the Resource Based Economy (RBE) that the Venus Project and its marketing arm, the Zeitgeist Movement, advocate: /watch?v=FWgNConkg2w

[Gr33kElite]

@BigMTBrain lol it is you being pathetic, it was you critisizing everything i wrote and it is you that is pathetic unbelievable dumb American!

[BigMTBrain]

@BigMTBrain - (part 2) - This is a better, QUICK summary of the Venus Project and the Resource Based Economy (RBE) that the Venus Project and its marketing arm, the Zeitgeist Movement, advocate: /watch?v=FWgNConkg2w

[BigMTBrain]

@Gr33kElite - (part 2) "i dont put my whole mind into what i right on youtube". Ha ha ha. Sure ya do. Now you're trying to make excuses for your lack of depth. You're pathetic.

[BigMTBrain]

@Gr33kElite - Ha ha ha. Even at 21, you are behind your peers. I was thinking that there was hope for you, but by 21, your mind should be more exposed, contextually aware, and objective. Ha ha ha. I don't know, maybe blame your parents for infusing you with their backward attitudes that have stifled your growth. Wow, I really hate to laugh at anyone, but for your condition, it's the best I can do. Good luck!

[Gr33kElite]

@Gr33kElite and btw i dont put my whole mind into what i right on youtube since for me it is a joke and you need a life taking things like this personal! dumb fuck lol