Immigration in Germany explodes by more than 7 times, compared with 2021
Think UK’s immigration is too high? Try Germany’s : 1m migrants in 1st 6 months of 2022
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Facts4EU.Org asks “Can Germany cope?” as its population surges past 84m for the first time
Germany’s official statistics agency has released its latest population data and some of the numbers are breath-taking. Total net immigration was around 1.0 million in the first six months of this year, according to provisional results.
It was seven times higher than in the first half of 2021 (134,000).
In this report we look at the facts - and the reasons for such a dramatic rise - as well as some key economic indicators which don’t augur well for the EU’s No.1 economic powerhouse.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
Germany's explosion of immigration and population growth
1. Immigration into Germany
- Immigration into Germany was 1 million in first 6 months of this year (2022)
- In the same period last year it was 134,000 – a seven-fold increase since then
- 750,000 of the 1m entrants are Ukrainian
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2. Historical comparison and population growth
- Immigration into Germany was 1 million in first 6 months of this year (2022)
- This immigration is higher than when Merkel opened Germany’s doors in 2015 (+978,000)
- It’s higher than in 1992 when the borders to Eastern Europe came down (+700,000)
- It’s higher than when war was raging in Yugoslavia
- In all of 2021, Germany’s population grew by only 82,000 people
- In the first half of 2022 it grew by 843,000
[Source : Germany’s official Federal Statistics Agency, 27 Sept 2022.]
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Why the explosive growth in immigration and in the total population?
For the first time, over 84 million people are now living in Germany. The net population increased by 843,000 people, from the end of 2021. The only reason population growth wasn’t even higher is because deaths exceed births by 161,000 in the first half of 2022.
In 2015 Chancellor Angela Merkel famously threw open Germany’s doors to migrants, resulting in massive problems for many southern EU countries as migrants raced north to reach Germany.
Putin’s illegal war
Today it’s Putin’s illegal war which has caused the huge influx. 749,000 Ukrainians entered Germany in the fist six months of this year. In fact many more did, but some have gone back.
Of the 749,000 who remain in Germany, most are the elderly, women and children. The number of Ukrainian women and girls living in Germany was up by 501,000 from the end of 2021, and the number of Ukrainian men and boys by 248,000. In short, only a small proportion of the circa 750,000 are currently able to participate in any economic activity.
Against this background of explosive population growth, how is Germany doing?
Facts4EU.Org decided to look at the headline reports from Germany’s Federal Statistics Office, to give readers some idea of what is happening in Germany on the economic front. Here is a sample of the headlines from the last five days alone:-
- Production in August 2022: -0.8% on the previous month
- Import prices in August 2022: +32.7% on August 2021
- Retail turnover in August 2022 down 1.3% on the previous month
- Manufacturing in August 2022: new orders down 2.4% on the previous month
- Coach industry 2020 and 2021: number of passengers down 77% from before the pandemic
- Construction prices of residential buildings, August 2022: +16.5% on August 2021
- One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than €16,300 [c. £14,500 GBP] in 2021
Observations
“Always look on the bright side of life”
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng might currently have some serious issues to deal with, but in our report above we have tried to offer some context, using the EU’s dominant economy as our example.
All major western economies are facing some serious problems, not the least of which being the EU’s Germany. Not only is that country seeing a continual series of negative headlines from its own statistics agency, it appears that it is also facing the costs of another migrant crisis.
These costs will not appear in the national accounts for months, but appear they will. Can Germany cope? Time will tell.
The UK’s economy is still growing faster than Germany’s – and all commentators in Germany expect it to enter recession next month – so perhaps the UK’s new PM and her new Chancellor of the Exchequer might want to count at least some blessings.
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side
To all those who constantly do our country down, we would say to these subjects of HM King Charles III “Be careful what you wish for.”
Before blindly and obsessively pursuing a vendetta against the largest democratic vote in British history, and doing everything possible to drag us back into the sclerotic EU empire, they may wish to take a look at what is happening across the English Channel.
And we include the majority of senior BBC and Sky News editorial staff in this grouping.
To get our readers’ week off to a good start, here is what those renowned economic and political commentators, the Monty Python team, had to say.
CREDIT: Eric Idle and Monty Python
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Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Mon 10 Oct 2022
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