Number of new German citizens hits 20-year high as many Syrians naturalized
Associated PressBERLIN — Germany saw a 28% increase in the number of people gaining its citizenship last year, with people from Syria accounting for more than a quarter of those who were naturalized, official data showed Tuesday. Turkish citizens were the second-biggest group of people gaining German citizenship last year — 14,200 of them, a 16% increase compared to 2021, and with an average of more than 24 years living in Germany. The statistics office said that 5,600 Ukrainians gained German citizenship last year, nearly three times as many as the previous year. Germany’s socially liberal government plans to ease the rules for obtaining citizenship, reducing to five years from eight the number of years people are supposed to live in the country before gaining a German passport.
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