Turkey, Greece and the Libyan Evacuations

Reuters reported earlier today the details about how many foreign nationals have been evacuated from Libya by which countries.
The results are interesting because, putting aside the efforts of governments to get their own citizens out of harms way, the bulk of evacuations have been made by Greece and Turkey.
To refresh our memories, Turkey has repeatedly been rebuffed by the European Union when it has asked to become a member of the EU. Greece is the country that was excoriated by its own European Union for not meeting its financial obligations and was forced by the EU to undertake severe fiscal reform or risk loss of EU financial support. But, the Greek and Turkish fleets are large, wide-flung and obviously faster than other European ships.
To cite a few EU examples:
About 1,100 Italians have left Libya. Others were expected to be evacuated by Tuesday.
Britain has taken out about 150 oil workers in the south of Libya, but 500 British remain in the country awaiting rescue although the British government seems to be unsure about the actual number. Some were taken to Crete by Greek ships.
Turkey has reported that it has evacuated 14,776 people, including 579 foreigners.
Greek ships will, in total, rescue 15,000 of the 16,000 Chinese citizens in Libya. They will be taken from Greece to China by Chinese aircraft.
To date, the Greeks have evacuated some 7,500 people, mostly Chinese (see above) but also Greeks, Russians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Italians, Filipinos, Portuguese, Thai, Brazilians and Dutch.
While the West was busy considering which words to use in the UN resolution that was passed Saturday night, it seems that Greece and Turkey were busy saving their citizens - without fanfare or nail-biting about the diplomatic consequences of their generous acts.
Thank you, Greece.
Thank you, Turkey.