In Jordan

THOUSANDS OF EGYPTIANS who fled war-ravaged Iraq and Kuwait are POURING INTO JORDAN’S PORT CITY OF AQABA, where they squeeze onto a ferry and endure an uncomfortable three-day trip home to the port of Nuwabiya. The formerly posh international playground is now inundated by Egyptian refugees, who until recently were held at the Iraqi border by immigration authorities. During one crossing, more than 2,800 men, women and children, and everything they could carry when they left Iraq, were crammed aboard the 1,500-seat Sara I. An Egyptian official said the government has enlisted two more vessels to relieve overcrowding.