Hundreds of foreigners in France whose jobs expose them to high COVID-19 risks will be naturalized quickly for their commitment during the health crisis, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry had in September invited people who actively contributed to the fight against the novel coronavirus to apply for fast-track naturalization. Almost 3,000 people responded, 74 had already obtained citizenship and 693 more were in the final stage of the process, the office of Marlene Schiappa, the junior minister for citizenship said in a statement.
Health professionals, cleaning ladies, children workers, checkout staff: They all provedtheir commitment to the nation and it'snow the turn of therepublic to takea step towards them,it said.
Additionally, immigration authorities have been ordered to reduce the residency period needed for citizenship to two years from the usual five in the case of great services rendered.
Last year, some 112,000 foreigners acquired French Nationality including more than 48,000 by naturalization- 10 percent fewer than in 2018.
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