Born in Senegal, 22-year-old Khabene Serigne Lame, a phenomenon on TikTok with over 148 million followers, received the long-awaited Italian citizenship.
The 22-year-old born in Senegal, Khabene Serigne Lame, who is very popular on TikTok, received her long-awaited Italian citizenship by taking an oath at the city council in Chivasso, near Turin, where she resides.
Lame, who became famous for his short ironic videos during the coronavirus period, spoke to the newspaper La Repubblica in June and criticized the fact that he still could not get citizenship, despite having studied in Italy, where he lived for 21 years.
“I was feeling Italian”
After the exit of Lame, who has more than 148 million followers on the Tiktok application, Deputy Minister of Interior Carlo Sibilia stated on Twitter that Lame will soon obtain citizenship.
According to the news of AA; expressing their feelings at the ceremony, “Before today, I felt Italian like everyone else. Taking an oath is a big responsibility.” said.
Citizenship laws in Italy
In Italy, which is among the countries with a long period of granting citizenship in Europe, the strictness of citizenship laws is a subject of discussion from time to time. Children of immigrants in Italy can only apply for citizenship after they turn 18, and this process usually takes 2 to 4 years to complete.
Finally, the broad-participation coalition government led by Mario Draghi put on the agenda the bill “Ius Scholae”, which allows those who settled before the age of 12 and studied here for at least 5 years to obtain citizenship, but when the political crisis in July resulted in the resignation of the government, the discussion of the bill fell off the agenda. .
