But we only need to read the headlines to know that the region continues to face great upheaval. Jews and other minorities in the former Soviet Union are still the victims of persecution and deepseated hatred and antisemitism. When Senator SIMPSON and I met with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees earlier this year. she said she considered the former Soviet Union to be the most explosive part of the world for refugees. And visitors to the region over the past year have discovered alarming levels of anitsemitic persecution. An American delegation to the Ukraine in March found that Jews were victims of an organized harassment campaign.
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