On Sunday, four more U.S. military flights were headed to Cairo from Tunisia evacuating Egyptians fleeing the Libyan conflict. According to CNN, the first of the C-130 cargo planes landed in Cairo at about 3 p.m. Sunday, carrying 82 passengers,which was reported by the U.S. embassy in Cairo. Two more planes were en route with 90 and 72 passengers, respectively. The fourth plane was yet to depart from Tunisia. There are a few thousand Egyptians left in Tunisia awaiting evacuation after more than 40,000 were taken home, said Firas Kayal, a spokesman for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The U.S. State Department said Saturday it would donate $3 million to the International Organization for Migration as part of a partnership to help thousands of Egyptians and other nationals from Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia get home. However, people from other countries, including Egyptians and Bangladeshis, have been left to fend for themselves.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/06/libya.refugees/index.html?npt=NP1
BY Delaina Flagg-Trotter
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