The Federal Government has apparently agreed that German fighters of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) under certain conditions to withdraw citizenship. Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) and Justice Minister Katarina Barley (SPD) have agreed on a plan that expatriation under three conditions is provided for, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", NDR and WDR, citing government insiders.
Accordingly, must be IS fighters
- have a second nationality other than German,
- to be of age and
- to participate in battles in the future . The regulation should therefore not apply retroactively.
Thus those fighters of the extremist militia are not affected by the rule, who are already in custody. US President Donald Trump called on European countries to take back more than 800 IS fighters captured in Syria and bring them to justice. If this does not happen, the US is forced to release the fighters. However, these are not in US custody, but in the hands of Kurdish forces.
Since 1999, dual nationals can be deprived of German nationality by voluntarily joining regular foreign armed forces without the approval of the Ministry of Defense. According to the report, the nationality law is now to be supplemented so that it also intervenes when dual-nationals take part in hostilities for terrorist militias abroad.
A few weeks ago, the project had led to quarrels between the coalition partners. CSU national group chief Alexander Dobrindt had accused Barley of delaying the new regulation. The SPD Justice Minister had rejected the allegations.
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