Subject: German news (fwd) - excerpts

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 97 13:02:25 -0500
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Subject: Subject: German news (fwd) - excerpts

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German news (fwd)

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> - Deportation of convicted foreigners made easier
>
> Bonn.  Under a revision of the immigration law, passed by the Bundestag
> with a two-thirds majority, foreigners, who are sentenced to more than
> three years in prison, will have to leave Germany and can more easily be
> deported than in the past.  In addition, foreigners risk deportation if
> they are charged with participation in unauthorized protest rallies.
> Under these circumstances, no court hearing or conviction are necessary.
> The revision furthermore grants permanent visas to foreign wives in the
> case of a divorce.  Under the old rules, the right to stay existed only
> if the marriage had lasted for more than three years in Germany.
> Divorced wives who are dependent on social welfare, however, continue to
> be subject to deportation.  The compromise passed today had been
> negotiated by the mediation committee between Bundestag and Bundesrat.
> The bill still has to be passed by the Bundesrat.
>
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> - Jehovah's Witnesses not a public corporation
>
> Berlin.  The religious cult of the Jehovah's Witnesses does not qualify as
> a public corporation.  The Federal Administrative Court thereby revoked a
> finding to the contrary by a lower court.  The Court argued that because
> the Jehovah's Witnesses oppose participation in public elections, they
> contradict the democratic principle.  Therefore they could not benefit
> from privileges granted to churches, the judges found.  This includes the
> levy of church tax and certain tax exemptions.

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> |          GermNews :  http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/germnews          
> |
> |          DE-NEWS  :  http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/de-news           
> |
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