But Just think of this. having to gather all these documents. Every time you go to your employer. the harassment starts again. or if you go to the school. the harassment starts again with the schoolchildren and the teachers. because in the Soviet Union if you want to leave the "workers paradise." you are considered a criminal and you are treated as such. Now. these people are being denied and no rhyme or reason is being used to deny or to refuse them emigration from the Soviet Union. which adds to the confusion and creates an instability among the refuseniks. because one does not understand how a friend got out. when their case is more horrendous than the friends. There is no procedure. There is no decisionmaking procedure as to how to get out of the Soviet Union.
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Those who want to leave the Soviet Union are considered criminals.