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Inside Ras Jdir camp on the Libyan border with Tunisia

Ras Jdir Refugees: Men from Bangladesh wait patiently for information in Ras Jdir camp
Men from Bangladesh wait patiently for information about their repatriation at a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Ras Jdir Refugees: Refugees Cross Tunisian Border To Escape Violence in Libya
A man pushes his belongings towards a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Ras Jdir Refugees: Malian refugees warm their hands with a fire
Malian refugees, who fled from Libya, try to warm their hands with a fire at the Choucha refugees camp near the Tunisian border Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images
Ras Jdir Refugees: A Tunisian flag flies above tents in the Choucha refugee camp
A Tunisian flag flies above tents in the Choucha refugee camp at the Ras Jdir post near the Tunisian border Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
Ras Jdir Refugees: Tunisia Libya Refugees
Two migrant workers who fled unrest in Libya eat their breakfast as others line up behind waiting to get their meal at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) tent refugee camp, several kilometers from the border crossing at Ras Jdir, Tunisia Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA
Libya Ras Jdir: A group of migrant workers who fled Libya arrive into the UNHCR camp
A group of migrant workers who fled the conflict in Libya arrive at the camp set up by the UN commissioner for refugees in Tunisia, several kilometres from the Ras Jdir border crossing Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA
Libya Ras Jdir: Evacuees wait to be registered at an UNHCR refugee camp
Evacuees wait to be registered at the refugee camp. The camp holds thousands of migrant workers and refugees from countries such as Bangladesh, Somalia and Ghana Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Libya Ras Jdir: A man from Bangladesh waits for information regarding his repatriation
A man from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but fled the unrest, waits for information regarding his repatriation Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Libya Ras Jdir: A refugee walks through the Choucha refugee camp in Ras Jdir
A refugee walks through the refugee camp in Ras Jdir Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA
Libya Ras Jdir: A Bangladeshi evacuee holds his compatriots' passports at a refugee camp
A Bangladeshi evacuee holds his compatriots' passports Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Libya Ras Jdir: Men from Bangladesh wash themselves in a refugee camp in Ras Jdir
Men from Bangladesh, who have fled from Libya, wash themselves in makeshift facilities at the Ras Jdir refugee camp Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Libya Ras Jdir: A Bangladeshi man tries to improve the support of his his tent at Ras Jdir
A Bangladeshi man tries to improve the support of his tent Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Libya Ras Jdir: Men who recently crossed into Tunisia from Libya wait in line
Men who recently crossed into Tunisia from Libya wait in line for food. Organisations have provided hot meals, shoes and toilets as the migrants wait to be transferred to their home countries Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Libya Ras Jdir: A Bangladeshi man walks through a line with his food at a camp in Ras Jdir
A Bangladeshi man walks through crowds oi refugees with his food Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Libya Ras Jdir: Bangladeshi refugees from Libya at the Choucha camp in Tunisia
Bangladeshi refugees from Libya wait for their names to be called to get documents to be repatriated Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
Libya Ras Jdir: A Malian refugee sits by a campfire at the UNHCR refugee camp at Ras Jdir
A Malian refugee sits by a campfire at the refugee camp at Ras Jdir Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA
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