Patrick had thought about this moment since he left Libya: how to explain death to his young son.

I was 16 in 1967 when my family was forced to leave Libya, our birthplace.

And, contrary to all my expectations, I was sorry to leave Libya.

In total around 1000 people were evacuated and further 250 refused to leave Libya.

Fifteen days after they left Libya, they were rescued, but 11 people had died along the way.

Already, one of the two Swiss citizens has left Libya.

Let us just consider the simple fact that nearly half a million people, refugees, have left Libya in the past few days.

As I said, more than 400 000 people have left Libya.

The practice was forced to leave Libya, but has maintained contact with the provisional government.

After the company had left Libya in 1987, some remaining equipment was confiscated by the government.