New facilities for obtaining German citizenship. About 5.6 million Muslims currently live in Germany, representing approximately 6.7% of the country's population.
Children born in Germany to foreign parents will also receive citizenship if at least one of the parents has resided in Germany for more than 5 years. Old immigrants (the generation of guest workers) in the country will be exempted from the language exam requirement, which was previously a barrier to naturalization for a number of them. The requirement to give up original citizenship to obtain German citizenship no longer exists in the new German law.