was "Rossianin", now German law

[Alina Israeli]

>The battle is not over dual citizenship but over citizenship rights in
 >principle, sometimes for third generation of Turkish immigrants.


Here is a brief quote:


Reform of the Law on Nationality

       Last updated in January 2002

       The Act reforming the law on nationality entered into force on 1
January 2000.

       The key points of the reform are:

              Children born in Germany of foreign parents will, provided
certain
              prerequisites are fulfilled, acquire German nationality from
birth. They
              must however decide between the ages of 18 and 23 years,
whether they
              want to retain their German nationality or the nationality of
their
              parents.


.....

        The principle of the avoidance of multiple nationality still marks
the law
              on nationality. Those applying for naturalization must in
principle give
              up their foreign nationality.


Full text could be seen at
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/willkommen/staatsangehoerigkeitsrecht/

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

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

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