Libya refugee crisis

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Somali refugees at Shousha Camp located eight kilometres from the Tunisian-Libyan border in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on April 5. The actress travelled to the camp to encourage continued funding and support from the international community to further assist the hundreds of thousands of people who have crossed into Tunisia to escape the violence in Libya.

Men from Ghana, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, line up as they wait to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 17.

Refugees displaced from Libya sleep on the floor in the international departure lounge at Djerba airport in Tunisia on March 17. More than 250,000 migrant workers have left Libya for neighboring countries, primarily Tunisia and Egypt, in the past three weeks.

A refugee who fled Libya carries a suitcase at the Tunisian refugee camp of Choucha on March 16.

Sudanese men protest on the road through a United Nations displacement camp on March 16, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency.

Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, line up as they wait to board buses to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 15.

Men walk through a United Nations displacement camp during a sandstorm in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 15. As fighting continues in Libya, tens of thousands of guest workers continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers.

A Bangladeshi migrant worker who fled the conflict in Libya reaches out to catch his passport as it is returned to him on March 14 in the Tunisian transit camp situated several kilometers from the Ras Jdir border crossing with Libya. Each Bangladeshi migrant worker who receives his passport back moves to the next stage, which is to get on a bus to move to the airport in Djerba and be repatriated to Dhaka.

Bangladeshi men eat their food in the refugee camp at Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 14.

Bangladeshis, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait to be called during their repatriation process as they try to leave for their country in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 14.

Migrant workers who fled the conflict in Libya wake up as one of them takes snaps with his mobile phone of Bangladeshi migrants boarding buses while leaving the camp for repatriation flights, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March. 14.

A Nigerian man rests after arriving at a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 14.

A lorry is loaded with suitcases belonging to men who have just arrived from Nigeria at a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 14.

Foreign evacuees play soccer at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir on March 13 after fleeing unrest in Libya.

A man steps forward as his name is called as men from Bangladesh wait patiently for information about their repatriation at a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 13.

Stars trail across the night sky above a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 13.

Somalian refugees walk as they carry their ration of food at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya on March 13.

Migrant workers from Bangladesh who fled from Libya line up in the UN refugee camp in Ras Jdir in Tunisia on March 12 as they wait to board buses to transport them to the airport in Djerba for repatriation flights back home.

Somali refugee Mariam, (not pictured), who escaped from Libya, with her new-born daughter Mariama soon after the baby was born in the hospital tent at the UN refugee camp in Ras Jadir, Tunisia on March 12.

Rashed Mia, 20, left, and Shopon Mia, 28, right, both from Bangladesh with no family connection, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, talk with members of their respective families back home, at a Red Cross/Red Crescent tent in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 11. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, more than 16,000 phone calls from people of some 20 countries to more than 45 countries had been made in the program, entitled 'Restoring Family Lives'.

Men who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, scuffle to get pieces of bread during a food distribution in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 11.

A man pushes his belongings towards a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 11.