Germany is shaken by this news. The fact that a Nigerian person received state aid for his 24 children and was also receiving aid from 94 other people raised public awareness.
German immigration law allows children of its citizens to receive automatic citizenship, regardless of whether they reside in Germany or not. The law also recognizes the mothers and close relatives of these children as citizens.
HELPED 94 PEOPLE
Mr. Cash Money has already increased the number of dependents to 24 children… Jonathan A., who has helped 94 people, including their mothers and close relatives, earns a minimum income of 22 thousand dollars a month. The Nigerian immigrant still has two additional applications ongoing for the children he claims to be the father of.
44-year-old Nigerian German citizen Mr. Cash Money generates an average income of close to 120 thousand Euros per month.
“False paternity is about allowing people to stay in Germany who actually have no chance of staying there,” immigration officer Axel Boshamer told ARD-Kontraste and Rbb24-Recherche.
“These people are willing to pay for this, usually to the person who assumes false paternity,” Boshamer added. he said.
He emphasized that many women from West African countries took advantage of this flexible law to come to North Rhine-Westphalia.
“THIS COST IS MUCH MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION EUROS ANNUALLY”
Andreas Keppke, a co-author of the report, told the media that Mr Jonathan alone had benefited from over a million euros of German government taxpayers’ money.
“This man alone costs the social security system much more than €1.5 million a year,” Remix News quoted Mr. Keppke as saying.
German immigration law does not provide any sanctions or penalties for people who lie about having children just to obtain citizenship. Lying about paternity is not considered a crime in any way.
