Nine more former Soviet Jews seeking asylum in Holland were returned to Israel by the Dutch on Monday.
Three couples with three children were put aboard a regular flight to Tel Aviv just a week after 43 other Soviet Jews who came to Holland from Israel during the past year were sent back there on a charter flight.
Another 50 Russian Jews whose appeals were rejected are awaiting expulsion. A number of them reportedly have gone into hiding.
While Holland has always had a liberal policy toward refugees, Justice Minister Aad Kostos maintained that those who come here from Israel do not qualify for refugee status on humanitarian grounds because they were in no danger of persecution in Israel.
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