The Union of Italian Jewish Communities has received a favorable reply from the government to its request that the authorities Facilitate the acquisition of Italian citizenship by Jewish refugees from Libya living in Italy. The community was informed that the refugees would have on automatic right to citizenship if they were living in Italy at the time that Libya, a former Italian colony, became independent. In other cases, they can attain citizenship by filling out the forms required by Italian law. The refugees presently have no national status.
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