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Description of the German population is complicated due to the reform of
population statistics in 2005. The German population is now subdivided into
German citizens with and without migrant background and foreigners.
Germans with migration background and foreigners furthermore may or may
not have migration experience. 18
Among the population with a migration background, the majority (65.5 per
cent) originated in a European country (29.9 per cent in one of the EU-27
countries and 35.6 per cent in the rest of Europe). The largest groups
originated in Turkey (15.9 per cent), Poland (8.3 per cent), the Russian
Federation (6.8 per cent) and Italy (4.9 per cent). Outside of Europe the
largest groups originated from Asia, Australia and Oceania (13.1 per cent), the
Middle East (8.1 per cent), Kazakhstan (4.2 per cent), South- and Southeast
Asia (3.6 per cent) and Africa (3.0 per cent). 19
Estimation of the Jewish population in Germany is more difficult.
Approximately 100,000 Jewish people are living in Germany today. An
additional 80,000 Jewish migrants have come from the former Soviet Union
since 1989. There are approximately 100 Jewish communities, the largest
being in Berlin, Frankfurt a. M. and Munich 20 .
Sinti (living in Germany since the 14th century) and Roma (arriving in the 19th
century) are like the people of African descent, a less visible minority in
Germany, because firstly there are no large communities, which make them
visible as a minority group, and therefore are perceived as individuals.
Secondly and this is relevant for the long established Sinti community, they
have assimilated and therefore are not as visible as the newly arriving Roma.
It is estimated that between 80,000 and 120,000 Sinti and Roma are living in
Germany. Most of the Roma who have arrived in recent years came from the
former Yugoslavia and the Balkans21 and as well as from Romania and
Bulgaria.
Migration is strictly monitored in Germany, and internal controls limit the space
for the shadow economy and irregular migrant work. Regularisation
programmes have never been implemented, but those irregular migrants who
cannot be deported for practical or humanitarian reasons are generally
tolerated 22 . Estimations concerning the number of undocumented migrants in
Germany reach from approximately 500 000, including more than 30 000
children 23 to 140 000 to 330 000 persons 24 .
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accessed 7 September 2012.
18 BAMF: Grunddaten der Zuwanderung 2009, p.16.
19 Ibidem
20
Zentralrat der Juden: Gemeinden, http://www.zentralratdjuden.de/de/topic/59.html,
accessed 7 November 2012.
21 Sinti und Roma seit 600 Jahren in Deutschland. Eine Kurzfassung über Geschichte, Kultur
und Verfolgung http://www.zigeuner.de/sinti_und_roma_seit_600_jahren.htm, accessed 7
September 2012.
22 Aufenthaltstiltel: Duldung, http://www.aufenthaltstitel.de/stichwort/duldung.html, accessed 7
November 2012.
23 Menschen ohne Papier in Bremen,
http://zahramohammadzadeh.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/menschen-ohne-papier-inbremen/#more-253,
accessed 7 September 2012.