India is to evacuate several hundred Indian workers from Benghazi to Malta.

The Indian Foreign Ministry said it was focused on helping Indians return home from strife-torn Libya.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. "Our priority is to get back all Indians stranded there." 

Indian media said 500 Indians including nurses are in Benghazi and another 1000 in Tripoli.

Several countries have started to evacuate their workers, notably The Philippines, which has also announced it has chartered a ship from Malta.

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