From the Libyan borders with love... Part 2

Between Benghazi and Tripoli there are 1200km (~745 miles). Between Salloum and Ras Ejdair there are over 2000km (~1240 miles). The people living in this designated area aren’t divided by distance, aren’t classified by culture, aren’t separated by language or broken apart by values. Even beyond Salloum, Fayoum, Ras Ejdair and Tunis, the people are like an extended family and even if across the centuries, they have been divided into different nations; their bond is as strong as ever.

I have travelled in 10 days over 4000km (~2500 miles) by land and several other thousand by plane, however all fatigue disappeared when I saw the sheer kindness shown by the Tunisians for the refugees at the border. It felt like a carnival of giving, with people from nearby villages and towns joining in to give their lives and dignity back to the migrant workers.

Tunisia is a developing country, which has had its fair share of unrest in the recent months, but I was overjoyed at the scale of giving from its people, who rushed ahead to help before international organisations and oil-rich countries.

To be continued...