"Rossianin"

[Alina Israeli]

>> In Germany a German born child of a Turkish immigrant CANNOT become
> > German citizen even today, so it IS the practice right now. Or is
>> Germany not a Western country?

The battle these days, to my knowledge, is over DUAL citizenship, not
citizenship. Exclusion is social not political, there are, for example,
Turkish members of Parliament (maybe not too many, but there are some). The
same exclusion is attested by Spaniards and Italians who were born, grew up
and were educated in Germany. I have a Spanish-German in my department, I
had an Iranian-German as a class-mate. It is a well documented phenomenon,
media periodically revisits the subject.

> Moreover, according to German law, an (ethnic) German born in a foreign
> country is entitled to German citizenship without residency requirements,
> no matter how many generations ago that person's ancestors left "Germany,"
> and what country's citizens they have been.

Unlike Russians from Tadzhikistan. (Turkish children with citizenship or
without can attend German schools.)

_____________
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
4400 Mass. Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

phone:  (202) 885-2387
fax:    (202) 885-1076

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