Ukrainians in Germany
Total population | |||||||
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255,000[1] | |||||||
Regions with significant populations | |||||||
Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony | |||||||
Languages | |||||||
German, Ukrainian, Russian | |||||||
Religion | |||||||
Orthodox 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 |
The Ukrainian community of Germany is small yet sizable at around 250,000;[2] 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. Although most of Germany's Ukrainians are German citizens, many are Ukrainian students from Russia and Ukraine in Germany on an academic scholarship.[citation needed]
Tourist-visa scandal[edit]
In 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.[citation needed]
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.[3]
Notable people[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ . Destatis https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesellschaftStaat/Bevoelkerung/MigrationIntegration/Migrationshintergrund/Tabellen/MigrationshintergrundStaatsangehoerigkeit.html.
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