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German lawmakers have endorsed a new path to citizenship, allowing more people to gain dual nationality. A representative of Germany's Turkish community warns that officials might struggle to process all the applicants.

The Turkish community in Germany said some 50,000 people with Turkish roots were expected to make naturalization applications in the coming years following the country's citizenship law reform.

"And I assume that, in the long term, all 1.5 million citizens of Turkish origin in Germany who do not yet have German citizenship will acquire dual citizenship," the head of the Turkish Community in Germany organization, Gökay Sofuoglu, told the media group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.

On Friday, Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, approved a law that shortens the path to citizenship and makes it easier to hold multiple nationalities.

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[-] Yearly@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

This news will have Neo Nazis fuming

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


"And I assume that, in the long term, all 1.5 million citizens of Turkish origin in Germany who do not yet have German citizenship will acquire dual citizenship," the head of the Turkish Community in Germany organization, Gökay Sofuoglu, told the media group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.

On Friday, Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, approved a law that shortens the path to citizenship and makes it easier to hold multiple nationalities.

The first wave of Turkish migration to Germany took place in the 1960s when German companies recruited workers from foreign countries to help with its post-war reconstruction.

and a 2022 survey found there is nearly the same number of German citizens with "migrant background," meaning they have been naturalized, or have at least one immigrant parent.

But this record seems destined to be broken soon, as the new law aims to make foreigners living in German eligible for citizenship after five instead of eight years of being based in the EU country.

In cases where applicants are "exceptionally well integrated," naturalization would be possible after three years, and the bill will also loosen restrictions on dual nationality.


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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

If only obtaining another nation’s citizenship would automatically make you into a tolerant person healing all hints of nationalism.

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