Escape from Libya: Your stories

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Further rescue missions are planned to airlift an estimated 300 British nationals still stranded in Libyan desert camps.

Two RAF Hercules flew 150 oil workers, many of them British nationals, to the safety of Malta on Saturday.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has revised upwards its original estimate of the number of British oil workers still in the desert.

BBC News website users have been getting in touch to tell us of their experiences of leaving Libya and of trying to find out what is happening to friends and family.
Alan Young is hoping to leave via Benghazi

"Last night we saw on BBC World that there was a boat coming into Benghazi, so we took a decision to try and get it. We asked our bosses at NOC, the state owned oil company, to help and they laid on coaches to get us there.

There's 120 of us on two coaches, 28 Brits in the group and we're heading to Benghazi to get the boat. There are also Canadians, Americans, Serbs and Croats. Most are from Brega, but some have also come in from other oildfields in the desert.

The Libyans here have been incredibly helpful. They've really looked after us, made sure we had food and water and protected us from the looters and mercenaries who've been passing round the camp.

The Foreign Office have been quite negative. They were still asking if we were still there and asked for a list of people - which we had already given to them five days ago.

We're two and a quarter hours into our journey and we're hoping we'll make it in time."
Clare Browne's husband Mike has made it to Italy

"This morning I'm feeling hugely relieved that Mike is safe and out of Libya. He boarded an Italian warship, The San Giorgio, on Friday night and has now disembarked at Catania where he was met by the consular official.

He's one of five British nationals and 40 Italians who all work on the same construction project in Misurata. Their Italian boss has been incredibly brave and stayed behind to make sure that the rest of his staff are safe. Those left are mainly Filipinos and other nationalities, but not Europeans.

The Libyans in Misurata have been so supportive and protective of the foreign workers. They've been protecting them from attack and from looters and making sure they are safe. I'm sure they've gone to great lengths and done so at great person risk.

Mike's extremely grateful to the media for raising the profile of those who are still unable to get out and for applying pressure to the government. It's made a real difference.

He's not coming back to the UK until tomorrow and is being kept in Italy overnight."


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