More than 280,000 Iraqi refugees have been registered in Germany as of December 31, 2023, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said.
The number of Iraqi refugees who have arrived in Germany as of the end of 2023 reached 281,340, BAMF Press Officer Stefan von Borstel told Channel8.
Borstel said in 2023 alone, 8,322 Iraqi Kurds applied for asylum in the country.
The German parliament passed a law in January by a vote of 382 that makes it easier to obtain the right of residence and hold dual citizenship.
According to the law, one can apply for German citizenship after five years of stay in the country. The government says 14 percent of the population does not have German citizenship, about 5.3 million of whom have lived in the country for 10 years.
The number of people seeking asylum in Germany rose to 351,915 last year, the majority from Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and state governors last year agreed to stricter measures to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country.
The number of new arrivals last year rose 51.1 percent but is still far below levels from 2015-16.
