Members of the Hungarian ethnic minority in Transsylvania continued in 1987 to object to government policies designed. in their view. to promote the minoritys assimilation. The Government countered that it does not discriminate against member of the Hungarian minority. The Government permitted 16.543 Romanian citizens to emigrate to the United States. Israel. and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1987. an increase over the 15.222 who emigrated to these three countries in 1986. At the same time. Romania continued to be granted MostFavoredNation (MFN) tariff treatment for its exports to the United States under the terms of the JacksonVanik amendment (1974 Trade Act) which ties MFN to the countrys performance on emigration. A special case was that of loan Ruta who. in the opinion of outside observers. was convicted unfairly of accepting bribes and imprisoned in 1986 after applying to emigrate. Released in July 1987. he was permitted to join his wife and daughter in the United States. The Governments October 1987 amnesty may benefit some persons imprisoned on political grounds.
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