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A reformed citizenship law in Germany which makes it easier to obtain a second passport has prompted a wave of new naturalization cases. In Berlin alone there were some 4,000 applications submitted in June. That is an average of 133 per day, an employee of the responsible local authority said. No figures are yet available for July. However, the Berlin office had already received more than 5,000 applications in the three-week stretch from June 27 to July 21, an average of around 200 per day. The new law went into effect on June 27. The statistics suggest that thousands of people were looking to…

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