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        January 28, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- January 28, 2008 Busy Border LLOYD: Looking overseas, parts of Egypt are a bit more crowded right now. That's because tens of thousands of Palestinians flooded into the country last week from Gaza after breaking through the territory's border with the African nation. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is headed to Egypt this week to discuss the issue. Aneesh Raman has more on the situation near the border. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANEESH RAMAN, CNN REPORTER: The only construction we see in Rafah isn't at the border, it's a bulldozer widening this makeshift dirt road. Days after tens of thousands of Gazans began pouring into Egypt, there is now a new element: Palestinian cars driving in and causing gridlock. The easiest way to get around is still the old-fashioned one, as Gazans came any way they can. For a desperate people, it's still about grabbing up supplies and getting rid of trash. This scrap metal coming into Egypt perhaps for sale. Yousif and his family made their way to reunite with relatives, but stalled out just across the border. Why? YOUSIF, GAZA RESIDENT: I ran out of gas. RAMAN: But for Egypt, the visitors are a problem. Egyptian troops are outnumbered, and try as they might, they cannot stop the flow of Palestinians. To see how difficult this situation is to bring under control, you just have to go to where it all began. Behind me is part of the wall that came tumbling down on Wednesday morning. As you can see, Egyptian forces have not at all secured this area and thousands of Gazans continue to flow into Egypt. Once a barricade, the wall is now a playground. Gazans have tasted freedom, many say, and they cannot go back to a suffocating Gaza. YOUSIF: "If Egypt closes the border, we will find another way in, even if we have to come in by sea," says Yousif. ABU SEFELA, GAZA RESIDENT: "The Arabs and the Jews are against us. The Jews are enough, but also the Arabs? Why doesn't Egypt make an agreement on its own with the Palestinians?" asked Abu Sefela. RAMAN: Egypt's president is caught between domestic empathy for the Palestinian plight and mounting international pressure to secure this open border and prevent any weapons from being smuggled into Gaza. To do that, Egypt is trying to push the Palestinians back, not at the border, but further inland. In Rafah's nearest sister town of al Erish, police forced shops to shut so Palestinians would have nothing to buy, as another convoy of Egyptian police heads to a border still out of control. Aneesh Raman, CNN, Rafah, Egypt. (END VIDEO CLIP)

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