Ukrainians in Germany

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Ukrainians in Germany
Українці в Німеччині
Total population
40,000<ref name="http://www.joshuaproject.net/>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=GM|title=From Josua Project|publisher=http://www.joshuaproject.net/|date|accessdate=2012-06-28}}</ref>
0.1% of Germany's population (2009)
Regions with significant populations
Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich
Languages
German, Ukrainian, Russian
Religion
Orthodox with Judaism and Catholicism
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 40,000;[1] around the same size as that of Ukrainians in neighboring Poland. 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, a large number of them are Ukrainian students from Russia and Ukraine in Germany on an academic scholarship.

Tourist-visa scandal

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 to this claim that it enabled thousands to enter Germany illegally using 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<ref name=www.dw.de|/>"Deutsche Welle (German News)". dw.de. Retrieved 2012-06-28. </ref> (despite the large number of ethnic Ukrainians who are second- or third-generation German citizens).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "From Josua Project". joshuaproject.net/. Retrieved 2012-06-28. 
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