German citizens with dual nationality who fight for a terror group should be stripped of their German citizenship, the interior minister said Thursday, unveiling tough new measures after two attacks claimed by the [so-called] Islamic State group.
"Germans who participate in fighting abroad for a terror militia and who have another citizenship should lose their German nationality," Thomas de Maiziere said.
Around one in three fighters have since returned to Germany, stoking fears of the threat they may pose on European soil.
But the issue of stripping people of German citizenship is controversial, with Green Party lawmaker Volker Beck swiftly condemning it as "desperate activism."
De Maiziere himself also acknowledged that the Social Democrats, the government's junior coalition partner, are likely to raise objections...
AFP/newz.gr
11/8/16
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"Germans who participate in fighting abroad for a terror militia and who have another citizenship should lose their German nationality," Thomas de Maiziere said.
- Some 820 people have left Germany to fight alongside jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, according to estimates by Germany's secret services.
Around one in three fighters have since returned to Germany, stoking fears of the threat they may pose on European soil.
But the issue of stripping people of German citizenship is controversial, with Green Party lawmaker Volker Beck swiftly condemning it as "desperate activism."
De Maiziere himself also acknowledged that the Social Democrats, the government's junior coalition partner, are likely to raise objections...
AFP/newz.gr
11/8/16
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