TUNISIA / LIBYA AID

As the total number of people that have crossed into Tunisia fleeing the upheaval in Libya reaches 40,000, a UNHCR emergency cargo plane landed at Djerba Airport on Saturday packed with supplies. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:30
• Production Date: 28 February 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA; TUNISIA
• MAMS Id: U110228g

Description

STORY: TUNISIA / LIBYA AID
SOURCE: UNHCR
TRT: 1.30
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 26 FEBRUARY 2011, RAJ AJEDIR, DJERBA AIRPORT, CAMP CHOU RAJ, TUNISIA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, people arriving at the Libya - Tunisia border
2. Various shots, cargo inside plane
3. Various shots, exterior of cargo plane
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Goran Stojanov, UNHCR Emergencies Service:
We are currently offloading it at Djerba Airport in Tunisia. The airplane contains tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, and other non-food materials to help us assist 10,000 refugees.”
5. Wide shot, large crowd at the border
6. Various shots, cargo ready to be loaded onto plane
7. Various shots, UNHCR staff building a tent
8. Pan right, people waiting with their belongings

Storyline

Another 6,000 people crossed the border from Libya into Tunisia on Saturday (26 February) bringing the total number to 40,000 people that have arrived since mid-February, according to the Tunisian Government.

Most are Egyptians or Tunisians migrants, but some Libyans from near the border are also crossing into Tunisia.

Many more are expected as people continue to flee the upheaval in Libya. UNHCR’s High Commissioner has said that the agency is committed to assisting every person who flees Libya.

At Djerba Airport on Saturday a UNHCR emergency Boeing 747 cargo plane landed packed with supplies.

SOUNDBITE (English) Goran Stojanov, UNHCR Emergencies Service:
We are currently offloading it at Djerba Airport in Tunisia. The airplane contains tents, plastic sheeting, blankets, and other non-food materials to help us assist 10,000 refugees.”

The tents will be used in a transit camp for new arrivals awaiting onward travel arrangements.

UNHCR emergencies teams working in Tunisia and Egypt say that close to 100,000 have fled Libya. Most are men, though some families are starting to arrive. Efforts are being made to assess their needs and to help them on their journeys.

Prior to the current unrest, UNHCR had registered more than 8,000 refugees in Libya, with a further 3,000 asylum-seekers having pending cases.