Paolo Pellegrin
Magnum Photos
The Exodus
Libya/Tunisia boarders, one from a series for the article "The Exodus," March 13, 2011. Fleeing immigrants overrun the border of Ras Ajdir in an attempt to escape the strife in Libya. Mostly male Egyptian laborers but also migrant workers from Tunisia, Bangladesh, China, they arrive in overcrowded cars and buses and on foot, dragging suitcases. What began as an orderly exodus became chaotic as some 75,000 immigrants tried to pass through the checkpoints that separate Tunisia and Libya.
The New York Times Magazine
