at the crossing we spoke to some egyptians who scaebd libya. >> reporter: -- escaped libya. >> reporter: these are the lucky one us, after days spent at the border, this family was allowed into tunisia. somehows thaned of shans -- thousands of egyptians were stranded on the libyan side of the border. thousands were allowed in after the government promised to send flights to take them back to egypt - straight from the border. mostly workers like this man, who left his job because life was unbearable. he spent four days at the border before being able to cross. >> translation: so much destruction. it's not safe at all any more. we feared for our lives. >> reporter: thousands of egyptians worked in libya. as the violence took over the oil-rich country many left their jobs and ran for their lives. >> translation: libya's doors were open for us. most of the people you see are college graduates with no chance to get a job back om home. people are very sad to leave. this 30-year-old said there were no clashes where he lived. he ran from the state of lawlessness. i asked him how will he support