GERMANY
Reality Check: Germany rules terror suspects have no birth right to remain
In a sign of Germany's hardening attitude to security issues, a federal court has approved an order to deport two men suspected of planning an attack in their home town despite the fact that they have not been convicted and were born in Germany.
"We are sending a clear warning to all fanatics nationwide that we will not give them a centimetre of space to carry out their despicable plans," said the regional Interior Minister Boris Pistorius.
"They will face the full force of the law regardless of whether they were born here or not."
According to the ministry, this is the first time such a decision has been taken and opens up a debate around the rights of those who have committed a crime or, as in this case, are suspected of doing so, to remain in the country.
Germany, like many European states, subscribes to the idea of "jus sanguinis", wherecitizenship is determined by the nationalities of one or both parents but not by one's place of birth.