Homeless foreigner

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Homeless foreigners , according to the Law on the Legal Status of Displaced Aliens in the Federal Territory (HAuslG) one in Germany term used for foreign nationals or stateless persons , who after the Second World War as refugees and displaced persons of the Nazi regime , especially as a former forced laborers within the scope of the Basic Law or Berlin (West) stayed.

Legal regulation

Homeless foreigners were referred to as displaced persons in the American and British occupation zones and were subject to German law and jurisdiction from 1951 after the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany . At that time there were around 130,000 homeless foreigners living in Germany who had not been repatriated , particularly from the Soviet Union, the Baltic States and Poland. The law only records civilians as homeless foreigners, not prisoners of war .

The HAuslG pronounces a ban on discrimination and express equality with German citizens for various areas of law:

  • Acquisition of property
  • Freedom of movement
  • School system
  • Passing of exams and recognition of exams
  • Exercising liberal professions
  • Exercising dependent work
  • Social and unemployment insurance and labor welfare
  • Public welfare
  • Taxation

Homeless foreigners do not need a residence permit and are naturalized under easier conditions . However , the law did not establish equality with German refugees or displaced persons . They enjoyed special rights vis-à-vis German nationals, which represented material compensation for loss of assets (emergency aid, burden compensation ).

The status of “homeless foreigner” is passed on to the descendants, but expires if the nationality changes . Homeless foreigners have no right to vote and no German passport , but can acquire both through naturalization.

In 2003 there were still 10 023 homeless foreigners living in Germany.

Terminology and connotation

The International Refugee Organization (IRO) pointed out that the affected group of people was not "homeless" and suggested using the more appropriate term "refugees under the protection of the UN". The federal government, in which the Ministry of Displaced Persons significantly influenced the legislation, wanted to avoid equating DPs with German refugees and did not use the term “ refugee ”. Replacing the term “displaced person” with that of the “homeless foreigner” also avoided the reference contained therein to the involuntary deportation and thus the memory of culpable German behavior in the Second World War.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Law on the Legal Status of Homeless Foreigners (HAuslG) of April 25, 1951 (PDF file; 15 kB)
  2. ↑ The term "Displaced Person" geschichtsatlas.de, accessed on March 20, 2016
  3. ↑ Treated like a third-rate pack Der Spiegel , 32/1983 of August 8, 1983
  4. ↑ UNRRA - the repatriation of "homeless foreigners" geschichtsatlas.de, accessed on March 20, 2016
  5. ↑ Homeless foreigners ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lexicon of the Federal Ministry of the Interior  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmi.bund.de
  6. ^ Residence status 1998-2003 (old law) Statistics of the Federal Office of Administration , accessed on March 20, 2016