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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (11094)	6/7/1999 5:47:00 AM
From: MNI	Respond to of 17770

It is currently true, and I think since the beginning of this republic. You will be a german citizen when you can prove your parents were Germans, wherever you were born. Otherwise, if you were born from non-Germans in Germany, your parents need to apply for you to enter into the German citizenship. Legislation to change this is under way (see my posting 11264 for details). Anyway, this application will not face any troubles in this case, normally. Another problem can appear when criminal offences can be linked with the applicant. If you have not been born in Germany, but lived here over an extended period of time, you can also apply for the German citizenship. In this case you must give up on your previous citizenship. If you enter Germany and apply for political asylum, the situation is different. In this field German legislation has seen some backdraft after the end of the cold war, but in principle the right of asylum still stands untouched. But even more effective than legislation, Germany and our neighbours have made an agreement not to let through people who enter e.g. Poland heading for Germany to claim asylum. This, I think, is a scandal against the idea of human rights based legislation. While the law still guarantees freedom, the police of other countries assists us in preventing people from asking for their lawful rights. I think this is a real scandal and more significant than what Gustave Jaeger claimed against Germany. (You can follow him up by #11264). But I don't have hope that it will change in short term. Sadly.