The World - News from Sept. 19, 1989
The number of East Germans passing through Hungary in their exodus to the West has topped 16,000, even though East Germany apparently has been making it tougher for the refugees to reach Hungary, officials said. Wolfgang Wagner, a refugee spokesman in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, said more refugees are reporting that East German authorities are trying to stop them in East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Newcomers in the camp said East German authorities frequently refuse to grant exit visas.
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