Immigration in Germany explodes by more than 7 times, compared with 2021

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Think UK’s immigration is too high? Try Germany’s : 1m migrants in 1st 6 months of 2022

CIBUK.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.

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?

CIBUK.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

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