aim was denied. In order to get control over the situation the asylum law had to change. In 1993, the German Parliament changed the asylum law to make it possible for German authorities to repel unqualified applicants at the point of entry (Whitney 1996, 6).When the war in Yugoslavia started a large number of Bosnian war refugees sought asylum in Germany, which welcomed the refugees with open arms and helped them as well as they could. Accommodation, money for food and clothes were placed at their disposal. This hospitality soon turned to disfavor. Besides the money the refugees received, they tried to earn extra money by working illegally. It is not to blame that Germans become tired of refugees and do not agree to pay taxes for the well being of all asylum seekers in their country. The plan was to send back the Bosnians as soon as possible. The return of the Bosnian war refugees was planned to be completed by August 1992. This provoked strong criticism of the politicians in charge of the situation because continuing ethnic tensions in Bosnia provided unfavorable conditions for return. Returnees often found no means of sustaining their existence and were rejected by the local population.Besides the concern with legal aliens, Germany has to fight back the illegal aliens who try to smuggle their way into the country. Smugglers put as many people as possible in a vehicle to increase their profit. Border patrol officers have found vehicles with people so tightly packed that some of them narrowly escaped suffocation. Smuggling renewed its popularity during the war in Kosovo when Kosovar Albanians attempted to enter Germany illegally. Of all the possibilities, the country of choice has long been Germany with a stable and growing economy.Under the Nationality Act of 1913, which remains the law today, citizenship is based on the principle of jus sanguinis (i.e. by right of blood or descent rather than by jus soli or place of birth). Because of...
