I should bring up the story of the American Army guy....sitting in Bavaria (Germany) today....requesting asylum because he didn’t want to deploy with his unit to Iraq.
The episode unfolded six years ago, and he’s been in a refugee center there for the entire time. Back in the 1970s, German law would have allowed him the privilege to claim asylum. They changed it in the 1990s...so if a soldier tried to make the request...he had to be in a drafted position (not a volunteer position).
He’s used various methods to keep extending his claim to asylum in Germany, but they turn down each episode. Supposed to be another review board here in the spring for him (in Bavaria), and I think they will finally put him on the plane (forced back to the US).
What is his name, if you’re free to say it?
He must be earning money doing something by now, legally or otherwise. May even have started a family.
This detail of the law has protected Germany from receiving too many draft dodger types. That is, until Merkel happened.