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New refugee crisis takes shape as Libyans lash out at African migrants
People waiting to flee Libya wait in the premises of the airport in the capital Tripoli on February 28, 2011. Photo/AFP
As wealthier nations send boats and planes to rescue their citizens from the violence in Libya, a new refugee crisis is taking shape on the outskirts of Tripoli, where thousands of migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa have been trapped with scant food and water, no international aid and little hope of escape.
A man prayed among his fellow refugees from Ghana at a camp in Tunisia near the Libya border.