As of the end of 2022 the number of Ukrainians in Germany (German: Ukrainer in Deutschland) was approximately 1,164,200.[1][3] In 2021, before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was of 155,310.[4] Germany's Ukrainians have created a number of institutions and organizations, such as the Central Association of Ukrainians in Germany and Association of Ukrainian Diaspora in Germany.
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 Ukrainian population in Germany 2021: The darker the color, the larger the Ukrainian population in the district | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,164,200 (2022)[1] roughly 1.38% of the total population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin, Munich, Hanover Region, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leipzig[2] | |
| Languages | |
| German, Ukrainian, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox Christianity with Judaism, Catholicism, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Atheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ukrainians, Ukrainians in Hungary, Ukrainian Canadians, British Ukrainians, Ukrainian Australians, Rusyn Americans, Ukrainians in Poland, Ukrainians in Slovakia, other Slavic peoples especially East Slavs |
Tourist-visa scandal
editIn 1999, a conflict arose involving the German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who eased conditions for citizens of the former Soviet states to get German visas. Many people opposed this claim that it enabled thousands to enter Germany illegally using the abuse of visas granted to them. The majority of Ukrainians that are in Germany on scholarship are there on such visas, adding to the controversy.
Some Ukrainian organizations in Germany have accused Germans of racism and prejudice, and of the belief that Ukrainians are only in Germany to work illegally.[5]
Notable people
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Rohdatenauszählung ausländische Bevölkerung" [Raw census of foreign population] (in German and English). 31 December 2022. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "REGIONALSTRUKTUR UKRAINISCHER COMMUNITIES IN DEUTSCHLAND - Tabelle A1: Anzahl der ukrainischen Staatsangehörigen, 2020" (PDF). doku.iab.de. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Rohdatenauszählung ausländische Bevölkerung". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Rohdatenauszählung ausländische Bevölkerung". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Deutsche Welle (German News)". dw.de. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
