The evacuation had been carried out following the worsening security situation since the implementation of no-fly zone as mandated by the UN Security Council.
The entourage led by the ambassador consisted of eight staff members of the Indonesian embassy in Tripoli, and 14 Indonesian migrant workers.
They were greeted by Indonesian Ambassador to Tunisia Muhammad Ibnu Said and staff in the border point to help process the evacuees` immigration process in coordination with the Tunis military command in Ras Jedir, said Boy Dharmawan, First Secretary at the Indonesian embassy in Tunis.
Evacuation through land transportation was one of the two alternatives to leave Libya due to the no-fly zone.
A total of 533 Indonesian evacuees from Libya have arrived in Tunisia so far. Up to March 19, 517 of them have been sent home to Indonesia.
The embassy in Tunis plans to return some 28 evacuees more to Indonesia by Emirates Air on Saturday, March 26, 2011.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said in Jakarta, Wednesday (March 23) that although the embassy in Tripoli had been closed since Sunday (March 10), it had assigned four of its staffers to keep monitoring the situation in Libya.
Ten Indonesian students in Libya have decided to remain there despite the escalating military conflict and being advised to leave the country immediately.
The Indonesian government had advised all its citizens to leave Libya and decided to temporarily close its embassy in Tripoli for safety reasons, he said.
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