The new migration began in the 70's, when the American government linked trade relations to the Soviet Union's emigration policy.
This means it would be relatively easy for the family to move to Israel under present Soviet emigration policies.
Those risks have nearly evaporated under new emigration policies.
The 1974 law conditioned most-favored-nation tariff treatment on the emigration policies of Communist countries.
Various reasons have been offered for these possible changes in emigration policy.
One of these is the state security provision of emigration policy.
Those restrictions were tied to changes in Soviet emigration policies.
One is the fact that its liberalized emigration policy has not yet been formalized in law.
Vogel cannot be held responsible for the inhumane emigration policies of East Germany.
But it was scuttled by Congress, which tied trade to Moscow's emigration policies.