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Families of Jewish refugees living in the UK are now seeking to go back to Germany after Britain voted to leave the European Union on June 23.

Jewish refugees immigrated to Britain to escape the Nazi prosecution in the wake of World War II, but their descendants now want German nationality following the UK historic referendum in which 52% of British voters chose to leave the EU, while roughly 48% of people voted to stay in the union.

In this regard, Brexit had some political and economic repercussions for the whole country, prompting an increasing number of Britons to seek to become nationals of the EU states.

Britons can obtain German nationality as long as at least one of their parents is German. In addition, they can become a German citizen if they stay a certain minimum period of time in the country.

However, for World War II Jewish and political refugees, there are certain rules.

According to the principle of "restored citizenship", German Basic Law, "former German citizens who between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 were deprived of their citizenship on political, racial, or religious grounds, and their descendants, shall, on application, have their citizenship restored."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team