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1. Germany passes legislation to ease citizenship rules, aiming to bolster the integration of immigrants and ease a shortage of skilled workers.
   2023-08-23 16:04:23 (First version)
2. Germany passes legislation to ease citizenship rules, aiming to reduce a shortage of skilled workers and to bolster the integration of immigrants.
   2023-08-23 22:04:18 (Update)
3. Germany passes legislation to ease citizenship rules, aiming to reduce a shortage of skilled workers and to improve the integration of immigrants.
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