FACTBOX-Libya evacuations by country - Reuters Africa

(Updates with new information)

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Following are details of countries evacuating nationals and employees from Libya or closing operations because of the political turmoil.

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COUNTRIES:

BRITAIN: British military aircraft flew some 150 oil workers out of camps in the Libyan desert on Saturday, rescuing citizens stranded by the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi.

-- Britain announced the closure of its embassy in Tripoli just after the last charter aircraft evacuating Britons took off from the Libyan capital, carrying about 100 people, 53 of them British.

-- Defence Secretary Liam Fox said a naval frigate, HMS Cumberland, was on its way back to Benghazi to evacuate any remaining Britons.

-- A Navy destroyer, HMS York, had arrived in Malta and would be available to help with the evacuation effort, as would "a number of other military assets", Fox said.   Continued...