Beschrijving
All of a sudden the stream of refugees at the border crossing seems to dry up. Amidst the debris that others before them left behind, a thin line is still waiting to be admitted from Libya into Tunisia. In recent days an estimated 70,000 refugees have crossed into Tunisia fleeing the hostilities in Libya and raising the spectre of a humanitarian crisis at the border. On 17 February 2011 Libya saw the beginnings of a revolution against the 41 year regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi.