Mr. Speaker. today I am introducing the Polish Refugee Act of 1984. I would like to invite my colleagues to cosponsor this humanitarian initiative to aid thousands of refugees who have fled political repression in Poland since the early 1980s. Following the political crisis of 1981. approximately 50.000 people fled Poland to escape widespread oppression stemming from the crackdown on the solidarity movement and the imposition of marshall law. The lucky few were able to leave with their families. while many others were forced to flee with just a few possessions on their backs. The vast majority of the refu-
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