UN: 1,000s of Libyans streaming into south Tunisia
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The UN refugee agency says thousands of Libyans are fleeing to southern Tunisia every day to escape worsening fighting in Libya's Western Mountains region. UNHCR spokesman Firas Kayal in Tunisia says some 10,000 people, many of them ethnic Berbers, have arrived in the Dehiba area of southern Tunisia in the last ten days.
Kayal said Tuesday it was unclear how many more Libyans might try to escape the advance of Libyan government forces against towns such as Nalut. He says most of the Libyans are being put up by local communities and some hotels are even offering the refugees free lodgings for the time being. (AP)
