A top aid official said more than 213,000 foreign workers have fled Libya's violence and hundreds of thousands more are struggling to get out.

International Organization for Migration spokeswoman Jemini Pandya said it is seeking $49.2 million to help 65,000 migrant workers and "this still only scratches the surface." She said that is part of a $160 million emergency appeal to be announced by the UN and other agencies on March 7.

She said there were about 1.5 million foreign migrant workers inside Libya before fighting began. There also are tens of thousands of other refugees and asylum seekers, The Associated Press reports.