Germany

Migration

Location of Germany

In the past..
In many Germans were fleeing their homeland to find an easier life due to extremely violent conditions. The country was repeatedly being attacked by armies of various nationalities. Entire villages were often burnt down and their inhabitants killed. In , modernization and population growth forced many Germans from their respective family businesses. Modernization made immigrating more convenient and faster with inventions such as the steam boat and steam train.

1700,

1800

In the past..
The economic boom of the post-war era, the western German economic miracle Resulted in an increased need for labour. Building of Berlin Wall stopped due to shortage of workers. Federal Republic of Germany started recruiting foreign workers. (1955) Recruitment stopped but there was already 4 million foreign nationals living in Western Germany. In the early of 1950s, there was an influx of asylum seekers. In the 1980s, the number of asylum applications had been very fluctuating and reached its absolute peak with 438 000 in 1992. (Reason due to the crisis in the former eastern bloc which resulted in a considerable change of the applications countries of origin who mainly used to come from Third World countries. )

Why did the Germans emigrate?

Religion Economic situation To avoid compulsory military service in the army Their social status changed downwards as a result of social or economic changes

Impact of Germans migrating to other countries

Assimilation the steady loss of distinctive characteristics (especially

language), as the Germans melted into a common American nationality. By 1910 German Americans had created their own distinctive, vibrant, prosperous German-language communities, called "Germania". transmission of cultural values, German Americans strove to maintain their own German-language schools.

Education To emphasize the importance of their language in the Brain drain of Germanys economy Large-scale emigration of
a large group of individuals with technical skills or knowledge. Emigrants usually take with them the fraction of value of their training sponsored by the government or other organizations.

Migration between Germany and foreign countries 1991 to 2007

Year
2007 2006 2005

Arrivals
680,766 661,855 707,352

Departures
636,854 639,064 628,399

Balance
43,912 22,791 78,953

2004
2003 2002 2001

780,175
768,975 842,543 879,217

697,632
626,330 623,255 606,494

82,543
142,645 219,288 272,723

2000
1999 1998 1997

841,158
874,023 802,456 840,633

674,038
672,048 755,358 746,969

167,120
201,975 47,098 93,664

1996
1995 1994 1993

959,691
1,096,048 1,082,553 1,277,408

677,494
698,113 767,555 815,312

282,197
397,935 314,998 462,096

1992
1991

1,502,198
1,198,978

720,127
596,455

782,071
602,523