Nearly 180,000 people , mainly foreign workers , have fled to the neighboring nations of Tunisia and Egypt amid fighting between government troops and rebels pushing to oust longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi , the U.N. refugee agency reported . U.N. warns of ` ` urgent '' humanitarian emergency . French charters an airlift from Tunisia . The relations with Tunisia has been chaotic as people clamor to get out of Tunisia . Many are foreign workers who have little money and no jobs .
U.N. warns of ` ` urgent '' humanitarian emergency . French charters an airlift from Tunisia . The relations with Tunisia has been chaotic as people clamor to get out of Tunisia . Many are foreign workers who have little money and no jobs .