In June of last year, Germany reduced life for naturalization from eight to five years, and in special cases – even up to three.
Last year, Germany gave a record number of people – 291,955, which is 46% more than 2023. This has been proven by federal statistical management data.
It was noted that in June of last year, Germany reduced life for naturalization from eight to five years, and in special cases – even up to three.
Many people who arrived as refugees in 2015 and 2016, when the former Chancellor of Angela Merkel opened the German boundaries of the hundred -thousands of people who fled from the war and persecution in the Middle East, received the right to naturalization in 2024. They made the largest group of new citizens, which is more than 28% of all natural, or 83,150 people, 10. 10. More. They are followed by Turks, Iraqis, Russian and Afghans, which make up 8%, 5%, 4% and 3% of the total, respectively.
The greatest increase in the naturalized percentage was observed among the Russians: their number increased from 1,995 in the last year to 12,980 in 2024. The number of Turks who received German citizenship increased by more than double – up to 22,525.
The new citizenship law allows people to maintain their initial citizenship in German’s acceptance, making it possible to identify thousands of Turkish citizens, which many of them or their ancestors came to Germany as migrant workers in the 1960s and 1970s.
As you know, the new German coalition government, formed by Conservatives and Social Democrats, is planning to cancel some of these steps and restore the minimum five-year hopes for citizenship.
Conservatives say citizenship should be obtained at the end of the time of marriage, and they are afraid that a reduction in the hope of German citizenship may lead to an increase in transition and unpleasant public.
We reminded, earlier reported that 43% of Ukraine refugees found the work in Germany.
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