German Plan Would Ease Path to Citizenship, but Not Without a Fight - The New York Times - 0 views
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Germany is more populous than ever — an additional 1.1 million people lived in the country, now of 84.3 million people, at the end of 2022 — thanks to migration
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One in four Germans have had at least one of their grandparents born abroad. More than 18 percent of people living in Germany were not born there.
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In Frankfurt and a few other major cities, residents with a migration history are the majority. People with non-German sounding names run cities, universities and hospitals. The German couple that invented the Pfizer Covid vaccine have Turkish roots. Cem Ozdemir, a German-born Green politician whose parents came from Turkey, is one of the current government’s most popular minsters. Two of the three governing parties are run by men born in Iran.
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