Germany Immigration by Country

Especially as many did think of Syria and also Iraq.

That's the only one I missed. But now that you mention it yeah I guess that makes sense.

How do they threaten to grant people refuge from barbarianism? Sounds like a peaceful offer, not a threat.

I believe he means, that the pledge is threatend to be dismantled by right wing extremist in the German parliament. Although, there isn't realy any pledge in the first place, just mildly philanthropic pragmatism.

I threatened to give a homeless man a dollar once.

How did he take it?

I love quizzes like this, they really make you think.

Your quiz has one slight inaccuracy - Kosovo should be on this list, as it has an immigrant population of 218,150.

Why would you use wikipedia? The German statistical office has much more accurate data (while not all countries are counted all the more significant ones are) https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Migration-Integration/Tables/foreigner-age-groups.html

Not to sound picky, but china should above France, Ukraine and Portugal in immigrants. Portugal has 138,890 and China has 143,135. :)

I can't believe my guess on Afghanistan actually worked out haha

The instruction clearly says it is about the country you were born.

Here's a table with some info you're interested in – people with a migration experience or background, and the country of origin (approximately, as it's an annual "microcensus" but with a large sample - over 800.000 people). If you compare to the source for this quiz, you'll see that Afghanis are about the same as not many have gained a citizenship yet, but Russian, Polish, Turkish numbers are much higher.

Great quiz, but IMHO the title is not quite accurate. The source is titled "Alien population by citizenship". Hence, it does actually not refer to the place of birth, but to German residents with non-German citizenship. According to German law, the place of birth isn't always relevant for the citizenship. For example, the source excludes foreign born German citizens ("Spätaussiedler").

This is true. The title is fine enough, but the description isn't. The table shows only foreigners by citizenship. The source link could also be replaced with the English version.

Based on some recent quizzes I tried East Germany and was *shocked* it wasn't a correct answer (following the logic that West Germany = Germany and East Germany =/= Germany)

People from East-Germany did not immigrate to Germany!

East and West Germany become one country again. It was former the GDR and BRD now its Gemany.

It's still BRD. The political and legal system, constitution, etc. remained the same. The East accpepted all of that and joined the BRD. Still, it wouldn't be correct to say that East Germans immigrated. They stayed where they are, the country around them changed.

Came for an interesting quiz, but stayed for the comments haha

The good ones are gone now.

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somehow i got every single country except poland

Yeah, I got everything except Serbia.

You got Kosovo but not Serbia?

Germany is eating Romania and Bulgaria's population for breakfast.

Shouldn't it be the other way around? Bulgarian and Romanian migrants are eating Germany for breakfast, given the relatively strong taxpayer funded social safety net there and that fact that they can't be denied any German social welfare benefits if they move there due to their EU citizenship. (Not saying that's a bad thing by the way, if I was Bulgarian or Romanian I would probably do the same.)

The "fact that they can't be denied any German social welfare benefits if they move there due to their EU citizenship" is absolutely not a fact.

Contrary to what right wing nutters and British tabloids (as if there's a difference) claim, freedom of movement in no way guarantees access to any kind of social welfare.

There are restrictions to some benefits but for instance things such as Kindergeld (monthly child benefits) are entitled to anyone residing with a child in Germany.

See translation of https://www.kindergeld.org/kindergeld-fuer-auslaender/

"Foreigners living in Germany are also entitled to German child benefit if they have the corresponding settlement permit or other residence permits that entitle them to receive child benefit. Nationals of EU states and the European Economic Area (and equivalent states) are entitled to child benefit even without a settlement permit or other residence permit, as these are on an equal footing with German citizens due to the free movement of EU citizens."

If someone would move from Saxony to Hesse, he could be expecting to receive the same benefits under the same rules there, as any native Hessian, irregardles of their reason for moving or family history. Why should it be differently for our neighbours from Romania and Bulgaria? In fact, Germany should support those country to build an equally strong safity net, so that Germans can expect an equally safe and productive way of living, if they chose to move down there.

Not saying it shouldn't be the same. But there is still a difference in language and quality of life.

Building a social safety net in Bulgaria and Romania is near impossible because of the corruption there. Germany ranks 9 on the Global Transparency Index while Bulgaria and Romania both rank 69 (not nice). They're some of the most corrupt countries in Europe, creating a functioning social safety net there is near impossible. So I totally get why people there would leave to Germany or similar western EU countries. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/nzl

because? don't be shy.

Missed India.