A Soviet Jewish merchant seaman who jumped ship in Antwerp two months ago has asked Belgium for political asylum. Didzis Rosenberg, who has a family in the Soviet Union, deserted from the Russian freighter Engineer Netchiporenski on December 18. The Belgian authorities have refused to disclose his whereabouts despite protests from the Soviet Embassy here that they were violating international law and human rights. Rosenberg’s appeal for asylum has been routinely transferred to the local representative of the High Commissary for Political Refugees and is currently under consideration.
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