Mr. Speaker. on Tuesday. November 11. over 200 Soviet Jewish citizens who have been refused permission to emigrate to Israel began a hunger strike. This courageous action was timed to coincide with the beginning of the Madrid Conference on the Helsinki Accords. The very occurrence of the hunger strike points up the desperate situation facing Jews in the Soviet Union. This year has seen a dramatic decrease in the level of emigration and a corresponding increase in the number of denials of visa requests. Those who receive responses are often denied without explanation or for arbitrary or dubious reasons. Many others never receive any official response whatsoever.
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