More than 10,000 Syrian refugees were granted German citizenship in the state of Bavaria during the year 2023

ARK News… According to the German newspaper Magazine, on Monday, May6th, the number of Syrian refugees who obtained German citizenship reached 10,235 out of more than 36,000, placing them at the top of the list of naturalized citizens in the state.

The newspaper mentioned that the number of Syrians naturalized in the state has significantly increased since the influx of refugees to Germany in 2015, with only 160 Syrians being naturalized in Bavaria in 2018.

Additionally, the German newspaper reported that 24% of those naturalized were under the age of 18, while only 2% were over the age of 60.

Bavaria's Interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann, stated at a naturalization ceremony for many new citizens at the end of April last year that they expect a new record number of naturalization processes by the end of this year.

The minister considered the naturalization of immigrants as an important step towards integration in Germany, granting them the rights of German citizens.

As of the end of 2023, approximately 972,000 Syrian refugees were living in Germany, with over 20,000 asylum applications submitted in Germany by the end of last March, according to statistics from the Statista platform specializing in data collection and analysis.

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