Those supplies have been offloaded and are now heading for the border between Libya and TunisiaWASHINGTON (ANTARA News/AFP) - Two US military transport planes landed in Tunisia on Friday with water, blankets and other supplies for people who have fled the uprising in Libya, the State Department said.
"Two C-130 military transports have landed in Djerba, Tunisia, delivering humanitarian supplies from the United States Agency for International Development," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.
"Each aircraft carried three palettes of aid supplies, including blankets, rolls of plastic sheeting and water containers," Crowley said.
"Those supplies have been offloaded and are now heading for the border between Libya and Tunisia," he said.
He added that he expects that on Saturday the planes will "participate in the flow of migrants from Tunisia back to Egypt."
Fleeing the unrest in Libya, growing numbers of people have fled over the northwestern border into Tunisia, including Egyptians now stuck in refugee camps with little prospect of getting home.
Around 100,000 people have crossed the border into Tunisia since February 20, days after the uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi erupted, Tunisia`s regional Red Crescent representative said on Friday.
Britain is sending several planes to airlift thousands of Egyptians stuck in refugee camps, while France said it was sending a helicopter carrier to waters off Libya to help evacuate civilians.
Sweden said Friday it was contributing a C-130 Hercules military plane and 33 million kronor (3.7 million euros, $5.2 million) to the United Nations` efforts to evacuate refugees from Libya.
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