A small but steady trickle of some 300 Jews leave Hungary monthly for Israel and other countries, it was revealed here today. All are legal emigrants.
Somewhere between 150 and 200 of the emigrants each month obtain visas for Israel and proceed via Belgrade to join relatives in the Jewish State. Another 100 apply for and receive transit visas through Austria for other lands Some of them remain in Austria, the remainder scatter to overseas points.
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