I rise today to bring to the attention of my colleagues the seemingly endless plight of a family in the Soviet Union which yearns to leave that country. Today. Norbert and Natalia Magazanik awoke and began the 12th year of their continuing battle to receive permission from Soviet authorities to be allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. During recent years. the Magazanik family had looked with renewed hopes as Mikhail Gorbachevs policy of perestrolka provided many Jews who desire to emigrate from the Soviet Union that most precious of documentsan exit visa. However. these hopes have been dashed. Clearly. the exit gates have not been fully opened. Norbert Magazanik is a cardiologist. He was a Deputy Medical Director of a Hospital in Moscow but had to leave that position when he applied for permission to emigrate. Natalia Is an engineer. They have two children. Olga and Alexander. Natalia recently conducted a hunger strike to protest the second recent refusal by the Moscow City Court of their request to emigrate. The Magazanik family has been trying to obtain such permission for 12 years. but Natalia continues to be refused on grounds that she has had access to classified information over 20 years ago. Natalia graduated from the School of Engineering in 1962. and worked as a chemical engineer at the Institute of Glass from 1955 to 1965.
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