First is the case of Maria Harangus. a citizen of Timisoara. Romania. Maria Harangus has been asking for permission to emigrate from Romania since 1979. and is an English teacher by profession. Finally. in 1982. she was given an application for emigration which she completed. Not only was she told that she would never be allowed to emigrate. she was also removed from her job. and told that she would not be allowed to teach English for a period of 10 years. Another case is that of Nicolei Teodarache and family. citizens of Bucharest. Romania. The Teodarache family applied for emigration in 1980. They were flatly refused permission to emigrate. Nicolei Teodaraches son. Mircea. was beaten by the police in the street. and Nicolei Teodarache was removed from his job 6 months ago. Not only were the assurances of last year not honored. but an education tax was imposed on emigrants. making free emigration close to impossible. Furthermore. last year the Romanian Government ordered that all citizens register their typewriters and the print styles of all typewriters. It appears that instead of improving. the situation in Romania has worsened. The same emigration problems of last year are still in existence. Moreover. the imposition of a totally new education tax can only be viewed as a cynical bargaining chipan attempt to make the emigration process so onerous that even a return to the status quo would seem to be a relief. Therefore. Mr.
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