Tuesday, February 08, 2005

German Citizens Face Expatriation / [Germany] / Deutsche Welle, 7 Feb 2005

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1480848,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Thousands of naturalized Germans could lose their passports and be expatriated for violating national German citizenship laws. Up to 50,000 German-Turks as well as tens of thousands of ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union could lose their German passports and even be expelled from Germany due to confusion about German citizenship laws. Turkish daily H'rriyet reported that Turks who applied for Turkish citizenship after being naturalized in Germany now face expatriation, saying most people were likely unaware of the subtleties of German citizenship laws. "