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Brits Rush To Obtain German Citizenship Ahead of Brexit Deadline

In the three years since the vote, there's been a rush to get citizenship across Europe before Brexit is finalized.
Thousands of British citizens left the United Kingdom after the 2016 Brexit referendum. (Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

In a previous life, Chris Ward was a political activist who ran a “remain” campaign hub from his London apartment the night British voters made history. 

“My heart left the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016,” says Ward, who moved to Berlin in large part because of the 2016 Brexit referendum. 

“I knew my country had various problems, undercurrents of racism,” he said. “But I thought

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