There's a short 12-line piece in Focus today, which talks about this statistical story from the German Federal Statistical Office.
Naturalized Germans (those who did all the paperwork and accomplished the requirements)....are usually not giving up their original citizenship. The numbers? Six in ten retain the old citizenship. There's nothing illegal about this.
Over the past year....112,000 folks became German citizens and out of that group, 68,918 kept their old citizenship. The statistics folks say it's the highest ever....in German history.
They even note that near 90-percent of all Iraqis....are keeping their old citizenship.
Chief reason? It's not revealed in this article.
I would go and speculate that most folks don't see a reason to dump the old citizenship. For those over the age of forty.....if peace ever comes....they are fairly likely to return to the old country.
It was discussed in German new this week that Assad is trying interest Syrians in Germany to return to Syria. Some are taking advantage of the offer and going back. No one talks numbers though.
Is this all something to worry about? No. But here are the Germans who've invested billions into the refugees, migrants and immigrants....kinda hoping for a full-up return on their 'investment', and it just appears to be hanging in the balance, and unsure.
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