Refugees flee Libya

People who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country are seen in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, near the Libyan border, March 6, 2011. The camp, which houses about 5,000 people, was built after shelters at the border couldn't handle the large numbers coming through.

A top aid official says more than 213,000 foreign workers have fled Libya's violence and hundreds of thousands more are struggling to get out.

Bangladeshis who used to work in Libya walk with their belongings to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, March 4, 2011. Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis arrived penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed along the way.

People from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, cook outside their tent that currently houses 8 people, in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011. The camp, which houses about 5,000 people, was built after shelters at the border couldn't handle the large numbers coming through. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Men line up as they wait for their ration during a food distribution in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011.

The exodus is creating a humanitarian crisis across the border with Tunisia - another North African country in turmoil after an uprising in January that ousted its longtime leader.

Bangladeshis rest as they wait for their buses to be repatriated to their country, at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 7, 2011.

Bangladeshis who used to work in Libya wait in line for food in a refugee camp at Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, March 6, 2011.

Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home.

Men who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest warm themselves up by a fire as they wait for a bus in order to be repatriated to their countries, at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 7, 2011.

A man from Ghana, who used to work in Libya and fled that country's unrest, holds a placard as he and others demand to be evacuated, in a refugee camp at Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011.

Abdel Kadir Jaffer Nuhammad, 4, from Somalia, whose father used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, stands in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011.

A man from Ghana carries his belongings as he is called to leave in a bus, as others wait during their repatriation process at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Monday, March 7, 2011.

Men take a makeshift shower in a refugee camp at Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011.

Refugees are seen next to buses as they await information during their repatriation process, in the refugee camp at Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 7, 2011.

Foreign workers arrive at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Sunday, March 6, 2011.

Refugees are silhouetted by the setting sun in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, March 6, 2011.