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| Sharp surge in Israelis seeking German citizenship | |
| 2007-07-24 | |
| Last year saw a sharp, 50-per-cent surge in the number of Israelis who obtained German citizenship, federal statisticians said Monday as they released naturalization figures. Out of 124,830 people who renounced their old citizenship in 2006 and became Germans, 4,313 were from Israel, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said. The overall number gained 7 per cent compared to 2005, rising for the first time since an upwards spike in 2000 following law changes. Foreigners can apply to be naturalized as Germans after eight years as legal immigrants, but Germany does not grant them citizenship unless they legally abandon their old nationality.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #7 Word, RD. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-07-24 10:50 |
| #6 I should've said "not every Jew living in Israel is an Israeli". |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-24 10:36 |
| #5 I wonder if these are Paleos living in Israel. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-24 10:22 |
| #4 Not everyone who lives in Israel is an Israeli. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-24 07:09 |
| #3 Post-Holocaust, any Jew can get German citizenship for the asking, if I recall correctly. After the Wall came down, there was a flood of Soviet Jews into Germany, as well as the U.S. and Israel. It quite changed the character of the German Jewish community, not to mention straining community resources, even with government subsidies. Most, after all, knew nothing about the religion they were claiming. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-24 05:46 |
| #2 "The rapid decline of births taking place in German population since the mid-sixties, has severe consequences for the structure of society and it would be dangerous to ignore this development. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to compensate this decline through migration and naturalization efforts. It is the responsibility of German politics to make use of these chances. On top of that, it will be important to fulfill the task of integrating foreigners." Source: A UN report entitled "Replacement migration." "Replacement migration" at work, but not working very well at least in Germany. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-07-24 05:34 |
| #1 interesting, I gather then you can't hold dual citizenship if you are a German citizen. Jewish history is so deeply traced in Europe I can understand the pull on some folks inspite of the Holocaust. my opinion, we should have the same here to. No dual citizenship. Especially if a person works in/for our Intel or Government for loyalty sake. I know many folks hold dual passports and have different views on the subject from mine though. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-07-24 04:20 |