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Refugees fleeing unrest in Libya queue up to register at a Tunisian army camp near Ben Guardane. The Red Cross has also established a presence there. Thousands of people, mostly Egyptian migrant workers, are still waiting to be admitted into Tunisia, resulting in chaos at the border. 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.