E/CN.4/2000/16 page 11 now in Canada, France and Britain, means that individuals and small groups can circumvent both stronger police enforcement of laws and better communal protection, as well as enhanced governmental measures (such as in Norway, Sweden and Denmark) …”. 33. The University of Tel-Aviv analysts also noticed that electoral success or failure affects relations between political parties and extremist movements and ideas, as was shown by the rise of the Party of Hungarian Justice and Life (MIEP) in Hungary and the decline of the Republican Party in the Czech Republic and the Slovak National Party in Slovakia. They emphasized, however, that election results do not fully reflect the influence of and potential support for extremist parties and movements, much as numbers of violent attacks do not reflect the damage they cause or the stress they inflict. 34. During his mission to Hungary (27-30 September 1999) the Special Rapporteur met representatives of the Jewish community, who expressed fears regarding the anti-Semitism propagated by the extreme right-wing MIEP party (Party of Hungarian Justice and Life). They also said that the members of the Jewish community had not been fairly compensated for the discrimination they had suffered, for the Holocaust of which their parents had been victims during the Second World War or for their plundered property. While the victims of Communism had received 1 million forints in compensation, the Jews had received only 15,000. Much of the property that had belonged to Jews before the war was still in the hands of the State, which was slow to return it. The Hungarian Parliament had moreover not yet passed an act condemning the denial of the Holocaust and incitement to racial hatred. C. Discrimination against the Roma 35. In addition to the situations described in the addendum to this report (E/CN.4/2000/16/Add.1, “Mission to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania”), the Special Rapporteur is concerned about the discrimination experienced by Roma asylum-seekers in Europe. In view of the discrimination they have suffered in some Central and Eastern European countries, particularly the Slovak Republic and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the acts of violence against them perpetrated by racist groups, many Roma seek asylum in Western European countries. Obstacles arise at frontiers, however (reintroduction of visas, for example, between Finland or Norway and Slovakia), and when they do manage to enter a country they are collectively deported after a summary review procedure. In October 1999, 70 Roma asylum-seekers were deported from Belgium to Slovakia. According to several human rights organizations, a mass deportation of this nature is not in accordance with international standards concerning the right of asylum (which require each application to be considered individually) and may be regarded as discriminatory. IV. REPLIES TO ALLEGATIONS TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNMENTS BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 36. In 1999, the Special Rapporteur transmitted allegations of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia to the following Governments for comments: Germany, Australia, Spain, United States of America, Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran. He also received replies from Canada and the United States to communications that had been pending since 1996 and 1998 respectively. The Special Rapporteur is still awaiting the conclusions of the Israeli