Dokument #1183570
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The February 1994 electoral platform of
Alliance 90/The Greens (the Green Party) sets out the party's
policies for the upcoming federal election on issues related to
immigration. The platform is critical of the May 1993
constitutional amendment on the issue of asylum and calls for a
re-establishment of the "fundamental right to asylum" (6). It also
calls for the granting of full electoral rights and the right to
dual citizenship to the 6.5 million immigrants currently in the
country, and is critical of the fact that although the majority of
those immigrants have been in Germany for 20 or more years, they
are still considered to be "foreigners" (ibid., 5). The party
platform calls for a "humane right to immigration" and proposes
that Article 3 of the Basic Law (the German constitution) be
expanded to better protect minorities (ibid., 7-8). The Green Party
is also in favour of a "radical" anti-discrimination policy,
although the electoral platform does say what the specifics of such
a policy would be (ibid., 8).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Alliance 90/The Greens (The Green
Party). February 1994. Bundestagswahlprogramm: Demokratie und
BürgerInnenrechte ausbauen, Minderheiten stärken, frei
und sicher miteinander leben. Copy of 1994 electoral platform
of the Green Party faxed to DIRB from party's national
headquarters, Bornheim, Germany.
Agence France Presse. 31 May 1993.
"Turkey Calls for Calm After 17 Arrested Over German Arson Deaths."
(NEXIS)
The New York Times. 22 February
1993. Stephen Kinzer. "Berlin Journal; Stepson of German Politics:
Is Fatherland Proud?" (NEXIS)
San Francisco Chronicle. 3 July
1993. Frank Viviano. "Germans Debate Allowing Immigrant Turks to
Vote." (NEXIS)
. 11 June 1993. Nomi Morris. "Turks in
Germany Fight Back Against Racism." (NEXIS)