Migrant labourers and other expatriates prepare to board a ship going to Greece, from the Libyan harbour in Benghazi

Migrant labourers and other expatriates prepare to board a ship going to Greece, from the Libyan harbour in Benghazi February 24, 2011. Weighed down with suitcases, blankets and plastic bags, people fleeing turmoil in Libya crossed into Tunisia with tales of the violence they were leaving behind. About 2,000 people had streamed over the Ras Jdir crossing point by midday on Wednesday, part of a wider exodus of tens of thousands of foreign nationals trying to escape the North African country whose leader Muammar Gaddafi is attempting to crush a revolt against his 41-year rule. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)