§ 29. Mr. BurtTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has received from the Soviet authorities following his most recent representations in Moscow on further releases of Jewish refuseniks.
§ Mr. MellorOf the 47 refuseniks on the list handed to Mr. Shevardnadze in February this year 11 have so far606W been given permission to leave the Soviet Union. Seventy-nine of the 117 refuseniks on lists handed over in 1987 have been given permission to leave, including Vladimir Tufeld, whose pleas to be allowed to join his critically ill wife in the United States were taken up personally by my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary on several occasions.
§ 98. Mr. LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will seek a further opportunity of raising with the Soviet Foreign Minister the plight of long-term refuseniks including Inna and Yuly Kosharovsky, Vladimir and Bella Kislik and Vladimir and Carmella Raiz who are still waiting for exit visas.
§ Mr. MellorMembers of the Kosharovsky, Kislik and Raiz families have all been included on lists of refuseniks which my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary has on various occasions handed to the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Shevardnadze. We shall be drawing attention to these and all other unresolved cases on our lists during the forthcoming bilateral human rights consultations at official level.