As violence between pro- and anti-Gaddafi supporters continues to subsume Libya, migrant workers have found themselves out of work - and in desperate need of a ticket home.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley speaks with the thousands who remain stranded in the coastal town of Benghazi, where their food and water supplies are dwindling.
Many feel destitute and abandoned, as lucrative jobs in the oil rich country have been lost in the uprising.
While many countries have moved to evacuate their nationals, some governments appear to have forgotten their expatriate workers in Libya, leaving tens of thousands of people with little choice but to wait.
