Albanians in Germany

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Albanians in Germany
Total population
 Germany 316,700 (2020)[1]
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The Albanians in Germany (

Former Yugoslavian
citizenship.

As of 2020, there are approximately 316,760 Albanians distributed in the territory of Germany composed of 242,855 Kosovar nationals and 73,905 Albanian nationals, making them one of the largest immigrant groups in the country and the third largest non-EU foreign national group after Turkish and Syrian nationals.

München and Stuttgart represent the metropolitan areas
with the most significant Albanian population in the country.

Germany maintains close ties with

independence in 2008.[6]

History

The first mention of Albanians being present in Germany was during the wars of Austrian Succession fighting as stratioti mercenaries for Empress Maria Teresa.[7]

In the modern era,

Yugoslavian migrant workers from the recruitment state of Yugoslavia. They were usually regarded as Yugoslavs and not as Albanians because they came from Kosovo and North Macedonia
which at that time were part of Yugoslavia. Nevertheless, more and more Albanians arrived in the country since the beginning of the 1980s.

In 1990, more than 3,000 Albanian nationals fled the communist regime of Albania in the German Embassy Tirana and were later allowed to travel on via Italy to Germany as embassy refugees.

During the

Kosovo war in 1999, many Kosovo Albanians
sought asylum in the Federal Republic of Germany. By the end of 1999, the number of Kosovo Albanians in Germany was about 480,000, about 100,000 had returned voluntarily after the war in their homeland or been forcibly removed.

In the

Kosovo war in 1999, relatively many Kosovo Albanians came to Germany fled from Serbian aggression. In Berlin, about 23,000 Albanians lived in 1999. In 2015, there was another wave of Albanian immigration when tens of thousands of people from the Western Balkans traveled to Germany and applied for asylum. In the first six months of this year, 31,400 people from Kosovo and 22,209 people from Albania sought asylum in Germany, although there was little chance of success. By the end of the year, the numbers increased to 54,762 people from Albania and 37,095 people from Kosovo. In addition to the high unemployment and lack of perspective also targeted disinformation by tour operators and people smugglers is seen as the cause of mass immigration. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees tried to prevent further Albanians from leaving for Germany by advertising and media campaigns. Many left Germany
months later voluntarily, while others were deported and were banned from entering the Schengen area.

Demography

Based on results of the

ethnic backgrounds.[10]

In Berlin in 1999, there were about 25,000 Albanians, the number dropped because of remigration and Germany's general population decline. It is quite hard to know the true number of Albanians in Germany, as they were defined as Yugoslavs or Macedonians when they came to Germany. Germany is the most popular destination for Kosovar Albanians seeking to emigrate to Western Europe.

Statistics

The distribution of Albanian nationals in the Federal republic of Germany as of 2021.
The distribution of Kosovan nationals in the Federal republic of Germany as of 2021.

The

München and Stuttgart represent the metropolitan areas with the most significant concentration of Albanians in Germany.[11][12]

Notable people

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Albanians in Germany.

Selected people:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (PDF). destatis.de (in German). 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (PDF) (in German).
  3. Statistisches Bundesamt (DESTATIS). pp. 97–99. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Germany and Albania: Bilateral Relations". auswaertiges-amt.de (in German). Federal Foreign Office.
  5. ^ "Germany and Kosovo: Bilateral Relations". auswaertiges-amt.de (in German). Federal Foreign Office.
  6. ^ Germany recognises Kosovo Archived 19 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, German Federal Government, 2008-02-20
  7. ISBN 978-0-19-954619-0
  8. ISBN 9781845455446
    .
  9. Statistisches Bundesamt (DESTATIS). p. 66. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
    . The size of the national minority groups in Germany is only an estimate: No population or socio-economic statistics on the basis of ethnicity have been gathered in the Federal Republic of Germany since the end of World War II.
  11. ^ "Die ausländische Bevölkerung 1) nach der Staatsangehörigkeit 2018" (PDF). muenchen.de (in German).
  12. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg
    . p. 5.
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