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...This is a humanitarian decision and an act of European solidarity. I am deeply thankful to the Hungarian government," Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany said in Bonn...
...benefits. West German citizens, who already must contend with a huge influx of ethnic German immigrants from Poland and the Soviet Union, are growing resentful of the refugee burden, which gluts the job market and strains housing resources. "The East German leadership carries exclusive responsibility for the situation," Chancellor Helmut Kohl charged last week. "We will not let them evade this...
...goes back a long way with some of these cats," a senior official recounted. Two weeks ago, in a remarkable display of Rolodex diplomacy, Bush telephoned Kings Hussein of Jordan, Hassan of Morocco, Fahd of Saudi Arabia; Prime Ministers Turgut Ozal of Turkey and Margaret Thatcher of Britain; Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany; Presidents Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Chadli Bendjedid of Algeria; as well as the Pope -- anyone who might have a direct or indirect line to Iran or the Iranian-backed terrorists who were threatening to kill hostage Joseph Cicippio...
...political opinion." Western nations claim that much of the deluge crossing their borders consists of people who are fleeing poverty rather than persecution. Thus the issue of accepting the displaced has become intertwined with policy concerns about controlling immigration. "We are not an immigration country," West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has said. "We cannot solve the problems of Sri Lanka here in West Germany...
...West Germany, Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats received a blow as the new right-wing Republican Party, led by a former sergeant in Hitler's Waffen-SS, won 7% of the vote by capitalizing on fears of competition from foreign workers...