Our gestures. however. have not been reciprocated. Our pleas and warnings on the deteriorating human rights situation have been largely ignored. Our dedication to the idea of free emigration and our willingness to reward improvements in this area was turned into a cruel game of manipulation. By skillfully turning the faucet of emigration on and off according to political exigencies. the masses of wouldbe emigrants in Romania became a currency of international barter for the regime. Certainly. during the years of MFN. many thousand Romanian Jews could leave the country. The average yearly exit permits granted. however. were much higher before the granting of MFN than after. when their value in this barter was discovered.
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