Talk:Repatriation laws
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[edit] More countries with repatriation laws
The countries mentioned are those enumerated in the Rubinstein/Jakobson article and in the Right of return article on Wikipedia. The French repatriation law is documented at the discussion page of that article.
It is almost certain that there are more countries with repatriation laws. Denmark and the Palestinian Authority both probably have repatriation laws although this has to be verified of course. It would also be important to know which post-communist European countries do not have repatriation laws although most have.
Please report and add other countries with Repatriation laws. There is also the issue of common law repatriation. This should be explored further. Sweden received Swedish communities from Estonia and the Ukraine. Jordan is 70% Palestinian and have on many occasions received Palestinian refugees.
Please do not attempt to go into the Jordanian-Palestinian issue in this article as it is too complicated of a problem to be dealt with in just a section of an article. Jordan is officially(according to Government records) 55% Jordanian and 45% Palestinian, according to the numbers released by Jordan's King Abdullah II in 2005 following the population census. It is true that these numbers may have been tampered with, but nevertheless they are the official indicator of Jordanian demographics. Palestinians have had access to Jordanian citizenship so as to provide them with a safe-haven, it was never intended that Palestinians permanently settle in Jordan, but that once a viable Palestinian state is created again they would leave. Calling Jordan a kinstate for Palestinians is highly sensitive issue for Jordanians and Palestinians alike, especially since the events of Black September when the PLO tried to topple the Jordanian government in order to set up a Palestinian state, that attempt was heavily repressed and public opinion in Jordan has not been always favorable to Palestinians ever since. as such I am removing the statement "kinstate for Palestinians".Sufitul 08:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
What is the legal situation in the Muslim former republics of the Soviet Union? There are many questions that need to be answered. I hope this article could be expanded into a comprehensive review of repatriation laws and common law repatriation around the world. If you know another example, please don't hesitate to add this to the article.
[edit] Right of return
Perhaps information from Right of return should be moved here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.20.17.84 (talk) 12:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC).
You are right in principle. This is the proper place for dealing with documentation of repatriation laws. In fact, the legal information doesn't really belong under Right of return.
What are the laws of Jordan regarding Jewish immigration? User:iosef aetos
Jordanian law prohibits Jews from buying property or gaining citizenship in Jordan.
I stronly disagree with that statement, as there is an Israeli Embassy in Amman and many tax-free area between jordan and israel, mostly located on jordanian soil, that are owned by israeli entrepreneurs. Jordan (aka East Bank) has not been very populated (historically speaking) and the jewish community living in Jordan was never in high numbers, as far as I know there is no Jewish person still practicing judaism that has Jordanian citizenship, although the provisions for citizenship make no exclusions for Jews/Israelis but rather for Palestinians(they need to not possess any other passport or citizenship in order to be able to retain jordanian citizenship).Sufitul 08:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
