Article: Soviet Emigration: Still a Privilege, Not a Right

Article: Amendment on Soviet emigration won't go away -- ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  September 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... have hampered the lifting of the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, the legislation credited ... likely to ask President Bush to help end Jackson-Vanik when they meet at Camp David later ... among the groups supporting removing Jackson-Vanik. Poultry is a dollars-and ...

Article: U.S. Official Meets Jews in Moscow; Whitehead Calls Eased ...
The Washington Post;  November 16, 1987 ;     686 words ... ... of State John Whitehead said here today that changes in Soviet emigration policy will be required for success at next month's meeting ... West, listening to individuals recount long battles with Soviet emigration officials. He pledged Reagan administration support ...

Article: JEWS, RIGHTS GROUPS DECRY SOVIET EMIGRATION ...
The Boston Globe;  December 5, 1987 ;     672 words ... ... refuseniks, American Jewish leaders and human rights advocates in Congress yesterday challenged the sincerity of recent Soviet emigration actions and suggested that failure to make progress on human-rights issues at next week's summit would reduce Soviet ...

Article: Jews Unite in Rally for Soviet Emigration;Diverse ...
The Washington Post;  December 6, 1987 ;     700+ words ..."Either we get civil rights or we emigrate," was the proclamation of Jewish intellectual Max Mandelstam of Kiev, referring to the millions of his fellow Russian Jews haunted by poverty and persecution. "Our human dignity is being tramped upon . . . . Either we get decent human rights or else let us

Article: Soviet Emigration
The Washington Post;  August 29, 1990 ;     239 words ...The number of Soviet citizens emigrating this year has more than doubled compared with the same period in 1989, and only a tiny fraction of applications were turned down, a senior official said. Rudolf Kuznetsov, head of the visa office, said 234,000 emigration permits had been issued between

Article: Soviet emigration protest
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 9, 1989 ;     207 words ...((PHOTO CAPTION))

Article: Soviet Emigration Hits 8-Year High
The Washington Post;  September 2, 1988 ;     263 words ...Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union reached a new eight-year high in August, with a total of 1,864 allowed to leave the country, according to the chief agency helping them resettle in the West. But the number of Armenians permitted to leave the country dropped to 223 in August from 1,018 the