Mr. President. the democratic reforms that have swept through Eastern Europe in the last 2 years and the continuing evolution of events in the Soviet Union have given hope to Soviet Jews who have tried for years to emigrate. And anticipation of longsought family reunification went up a notch in May of this year when the Supreme Soviet adopted legislation liberalizing Soviet emigration regulations. The number of Soviet refugees to the United States actually increased in the weeks following the August coup. But promises and numbers do not shroud the fact that in 1991. the vast majority of Soviet refugee applicants to the United States have been members of historically persecuted groups: Soviet Jews. Evangelical Christians. Ukrainian Catholics. and Ukrainian Orthodox.
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