Refugees of the Libyan Civil War are the people, predominantly Libyans, who fled or were expelled from their homes during the First Libyan Civil War (2011), from within the borders of Libya to the neighbouring states of Tunisia, Egypt and Chad, as well as to European countries across the Mediterranean. The majority of Libyan refugees are Arab-Berbers, though many of the other ethnicities temporarily living in Libya originated from sub-Saharan Africa. These groups were also among the first refugee waves to exit the country. The total number of Libyan refugees were estimated at around one million as of June 2011 and most returned after the First Civil War ended. As of January 2013, there were 5,252 refugees originating from Libya alongside 59,425 internally displaced persons registered by th