Tunis, February 25 .- Thousands of people gathered today at the Government Palace in the Medina of Tunis city center to demand the resignation of executive transition and Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghanuchi, according to EFE found. Moreover, the Tunisian authorities have now strengthened emergency medical device along the border with Libya in anticipation that refugees continue to arrive from that country.
In the transition from Ras Jedir has installed a first aid kit and other civil protection, while the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane, about 35 kilometers from the border, has set up a field hospital, sources said Tunisian official. In Ras Jedir has deployed staff of the Red Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross) Tunisia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to meet field needs of newcomers.
In a statement released Thursday, the UNHCR said that its deployment in Ras Jedir due to a request from the Tunisian Government and aims to "monitor the situation on the ground and identify the most vulnerable people who need immediate assistance, such as children traveling alone, women and the elderly.
" According to UNHCR, since Wednesday is a constant influx of refugees from Libya to Tunisia, most of which are Tunisians working in the neighboring country, although there are also large groups of Moroccans, Egyptians or Turks, citizens of countries more displaced workers were on Libyan soil. 
In the transition from Ras Jedir has installed a first aid kit and other civil protection, while the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane, about 35 kilometers from the border, has set up a field hospital, sources said Tunisian official. In Ras Jedir has deployed staff of the Red Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross) Tunisia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to meet field needs of newcomers.
In a statement released Thursday, the UNHCR said that its deployment in Ras Jedir due to a request from the Tunisian Government and aims to "monitor the situation on the ground and identify the most vulnerable people who need immediate assistance, such as children traveling alone, women and the elderly.
" According to UNHCR, since Wednesday is a constant influx of refugees from Libya to Tunisia, most of which are Tunisians working in the neighboring country, although there are also large groups of Moroccans, Egyptians or Turks, citizens of countries more displaced workers were on Libyan soil.
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