Germany to ease citizenship rules for immigrants

The Dhaka Times Desk The country's government wants to relax the rules on granting citizenship to immigrants living in Germany. If the plan is implemented, the immigrants will get the benefits of dual citizenship and citizenship by birth.

The German government has taken initiatives to simplify the process of acquiring citizenship for immigrants. Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has also submitted a draft report.

According to the existing rules, immigrants can apply for citizenship only if they have lived in Germany for 8 years. In the draft law, it has been replaced by 5 years. Even those who have acquired 'special skills for integration or assimilation into German society' can still apply after 3 years. However, the ministry said that the matter is still under discussion and nothing has been finalized yet.

In case of citizenship by birth

Currently, children of immigrants in Germany do not receive citizenship by birth. It may change if there is a new law. According to reports, German-born children of long-term legal immigrants will receive citizenship.

ইতিপূর্বে জার্মানির ১৬টি রাজ্যের মন্ত্রীরা ফেডারেল সরকারকে দ্রুত এই বিধান চালুর ওপর জোর দিয়েছেন। গত সপ্তাহে মন্ত্রণালয়ের বরাত দিয়ে সংবাদমাধ্যম ‘দ্য লোকাল’ জানায় যে, অভিবাসীরা যাতে দ্বৈত নাগরিকত্ব পান- সেই সুবিধা রাখা হচ্ছে নতুন আইনে। বর্তমানে শুধু ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন ও সুইস নাগরিকদের এই সুবিধা দিয়ে থাকে জার্মানি।

Meanwhile, during the formation of the government, German Chancellor Olaf Schulz's SPD and the pro-environment Green Party and the pro-business FDP reached a consensus on changing Germany's citizenship and immigration laws. All three parties want to ease residency and asylum application rules for immigrants, including provisions for dual citizenship.

However, some politicians have opposed this initiative. Thorsten Frye, a member of parliament from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), responded to Bild on the matter, saying, 'German passports cannot be trashed under any circumstances.'

Andrea Lindholtz, a politician from the Christian Social Union, worried that if the proposals became law, 'foreigners living in Germany would be deprived of a great incentive to integrate.' - Deutsche Welle.

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