We are not quite sure why they are allowing record numbers to leave and thus we are always vulnerable to the flows being reduced to a trickle. Moreover the harassment against activists is increasing. Within the past three months 5000 Jews have been told that a lack of close relatives in Israel prevents their emigration. These refuseniks will not even be allowed to apply for a visa. In Leningrad and Kiev. applicants are being told that they must complete 3 years of work in the field in which they have been trained before they can emigratethen they are fired from their jobs. Old fashioned antiSemitism is on the rise. As in the Stalin period. authorities are condoning Jewbaiting.
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