Jewish Emigration at 7-Year High in Russia
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GENEVA — Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union reached a seven-year high in April, with 1,077 allowed to leave, the agency helping them to resettle announced today.
April marked the third straight month of rising emigration, bringing the total to 3,399 arriving in the Vienna transit center since Jan. 1, according to the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration.
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