Dr Barbour wrote
>In contrast,
>someone born in Germany of Turkish parents, who might never have been
>to Turkey, but who wishes to have Turkish citizenship, cannot
>currently become a German citizen.
>
not strictly true. Of course, "foreigner" can become German citizen
(including Turks) but only after complying with strict regulations (minimum
stay in Germany, language skills, presumably employment etc). But clearly
the point is that Germans cannot hold dual citizenship which is particularly
problematic for Gastarbeiter and their families as many of them do "feel" to
be bi-national. Cf the often cited case of Gastarbeiterkinder who have
problems both in say Turkey and Germany. It is for those, that dual
citizenship should be introduced and the current, new, regulation that
people have to choose for *one* nationality when turning 21 does not tackle
the problem that people don't feel to be of one nationality. For many of us,
who lived abroad for a long time, this problem becomes particulary
nachvollziehbar when you return to your home country and have to decide
which football team to support.
However, Germans (and British ?) fail to understand that nationality is not
something like a fixed parameter.
nils
nils langer
newcastle university
(currently wolfenbüttel)
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