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...insurrection. It was not a plot. It is Khomeini himself who is pushing people to revolt." Bakhtiar, who has been an active leader of the anti-Khomeini forces among Iranian exiles in Europe, had no choice but to deny involvement. To do otherwise might jeopardize the political asylum that the French government gave him after he fled from revolutionary Iran last year. In London, however, an associate told the Financial Times that Bakhtiar had been involved in the coup attempt and that the plotting had gone on for nine months. Said the aide: "The plan was perfect. Everyone was there...
Tough new restrictions on political asylum...
Blessed with a thriving economy and one of the world's most generous political-asylum laws, West Germany has long been a mecca for refugees. That traditional open-door attitude toward political exiles is now being severely tested. Officials estimate that more than 150,000 foreigners will seek asylum in West Germany this year, compared with fewer than 3,000 a decade ago. Most of the immigrants, it appears, come in search of jobs rather than sanctuary, and nine out of every ten refugees requesting asylum will eventually be turned down. But under West Germany's cumbersome judicial...
...wave of immigrants come from Turkey, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and a dozen other impoverished Third World nations. After entering West Germany as visitors, they immediately apply for political asylum under the constitution that was adopted after World War II as a deliberate antidote to the racist, exclusionary laws of the Nazi era. Article 16 of the constitution guarantees the right of asylum to those persecuted on political grounds and Article 19 assures the right to appeal any denial of asylum...
With welfare costs soaring, West Germans are getting fed up with the immigrants' abuse of their country's hospitality. A number of cities-including Frankfurt and Essen-with large populations of foreign Gastarbeiter (guest workers) and recent immigrants have declared themselves closed to any more asylum seekers. Reason: they feel they are bearing a disproportionate share of the economic burden...