Since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, the number of East German escapes to the West has been cut by more than half, and the figure keeps dropping almost every month. The rest of Eastern Europe cannot boast the same success. Last year escapes from Yugoslavia, Rumania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania rose more than 20%, and so far this year they are up another 30% .
Like their East German counterparts, many of the refugees are simply fleeing Communism, despite all the recent political relaxation in Eastern Europe. Others merely want to escape nagging wives or mothers-in-law. Still others...
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