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Egyptians protest at the lack of help they are receiving from their government in bringing them back home near the border between Libya and Tunisia. Thousands of people, mostly Egyptian migrant workers, are still waiting to be admitted into Tunisia, resulting in chaos at the frontier. 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.