20110322 Xinhua ALGIERS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Algerian Customs have increased their staff on the Algerian-Libyan border to deal with the influx of people coming from Libya, the body's general director, Mohamed Abdou Bouderbala announced on Monday.
"We have multiplied the number of customs officers at Algeria's border with Libya to handle, within the time limit, the movement of people leaving that country," Bouderbala told reporters.
Thousands of people of different nationalities, including Algerians, have been entering from Algerian-Libyan border crossings, since Algeria started receiving displaced people fleeing violence in Libya on February 24.
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