Mr. Speaker. I am deeply distressed by recent figures provided me by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the National Conference on Soviet Jewry that indicate the number of Jews allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union last year was the lowest since In fact. the number of Jews allowed to leave the Soviet Union in 1982 was a shockingly low 2.692. This compares to the 9.447 Jews who were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union in Even more disturbing is the alarming trend these figures represent. In 1980. Soviet Jewish emigration stood at a level of 21.471. and in 1979. the highest level of Soviet Jewish emigration was recorded. 51.320. This means. that since 1979. the number of Jews allowed to leave the Soviet Union has declined by 95 percent. Clearly. this is an intolerable situation that deserves our priority attention.
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