Migration was one of the major topics in the last federal election and continues to spark heated debates. Our graphic provides an overview of the distribution of people in Germany without citizenship.
Most of them live in West Germany, particularly in areas like Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Historical developments and the appeal of cities continue to shape this distribution today.
However, the fear of “the foreign” remains a significant issue – often fueled by prejudice and a lack of experience with diversity. While migration enriches our society, challenges such as housing shortages and infrastructure remain pressing concerns.
nightstalker314 on
The people that lived behind a wall for 30 years and rarely have contact with anything foreign are scared of anything foreign when it comes to elections? No way!
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skurvecchio on
Aren’t most supporters of the anti-immigrant parties in the East, where the least immigration is?
Tiny-Sugar-8317 on
This map is misleading at best and blatant propaganda at worst.
The issue isn’t immigration in general it’s immigration from countries whose predominant religion is fundamentally incompatible with the Western views of basic human rights such as equality for women and LGBT individuals. Nobody is overly concerned about people born in other EU countries who can easily be integrated into society.
Bennehftw on
People are okay with immigration, it’s just when mass migrants come it changes entire dynamics of neighborhoods to a majority ethnic.
You can see it in neighborhoods in large cities. Where the main language goes from English to Spanish, or hatian creole, etc.
Migration needs to happen in a drip, otherwise it’s vulnerable to instant societal changes. While people don’t have problems with their neighbors, in a grand scale people find issues in that.
Of course, what difference is this from Ellis Island days when anyone was welcome?
We need people, but we don’t really focus on population, we focus on bringing already grown bodies in.
It’s a delicate dance, one that it’s interesting to see unfold in front of my eyes in the neighborhoods around me.
It’s a beautiful sight, especially when you have fluent Spanish speakers learning how to speak Chinese before English.
But people don’t like their house and neighbors messed with.
Not everyone cares about American values, they just want an easier life.
juicysushisan on
Same pattern as other countries places with least immigration display highest levels of xenophobia. Also, in Germany’s case, these were the regions of highest Nazi party support and never were de-nazified by the Russians. They swapped one “Party” for another and said “capitalist” instead of “undesirable” and continued being the same.
suggestiveinnuendo on
ITT: textbook xenophobia
I guess germans really do like doing things by the book…
Prudent_Welcome3974 on
Second one of these immigration posts I’m seeing from European countries. I wonder why all of a sudden these are being created and shared
NullhypothesisH0 on
What’s the breakdown of Offenbach’s immigrant population?
RecognitionSweet8294 on
Jetzt weiß ich warum so viele Türken einen schwäbischen Akzent haben.
tistimenotmyrealname on
Frankfurt next to Offenbach is proudly advertising it has citizens from 180 of 195 possible nations.
Offenbach isnt proud it gets advertised
zgarbas on
Imagine being in Germany and only having German food on a night out
*Shudders*
gedankenlos on
Bear in mind that these numbers only cover foreigners who are not citizens. There are a lot more who were not born here and acquired citizenship and also children of immigrants who mostly live mostly in communities of their own peers who would rather consider themselves Turkish, Arab, etc. than German.
My commute went through Offenbach for a couple years and I’m sure even back then 40% would have been way too low if you consider the aforementioned groups.
16ozbuddz on
I heard this before so there’s gotta be other reasons for (East) Germany to vote for afd??
pulyx on
Better food in redder areas. You’re welcome!
sirnoggin on
My hot take, House prices in the East German Countryside are about to go up.
![[OC] Distribution of Migrants in Germany](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0dn869d3twme1-1229x1536.png "[OC] Distribution of Migrants in Germany")
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**Article:** [**https://www.datapulse.de/en/migrants-in-germany/**](https://www.datapulse.de/en/migrants-in-germany/)
**Main data source:** [Destatis ](https://service.destatis.de/DE/karten/migration_integration_regionen.html#ANT_AI)
**Data:** [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rmrQZ4EbSBBnchB0ZFnBYyxsvbLC9DP9mhditJrZmdA/edit?usp=sharing)
**Tool:** Adobe Illustrator
Migration was one of the major topics in the last federal election and continues to spark heated debates. Our graphic provides an overview of the distribution of people in Germany without citizenship.
Most of them live in West Germany, particularly in areas like Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Historical developments and the appeal of cities continue to shape this distribution today.
However, the fear of “the foreign” remains a significant issue – often fueled by prejudice and a lack of experience with diversity. While migration enriches our society, challenges such as housing shortages and infrastructure remain pressing concerns.
The people that lived behind a wall for 30 years and rarely have contact with anything foreign are scared of anything foreign when it comes to elections? No way!
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Aren’t most supporters of the anti-immigrant parties in the East, where the least immigration is?
This map is misleading at best and blatant propaganda at worst.
The issue isn’t immigration in general it’s immigration from countries whose predominant religion is fundamentally incompatible with the Western views of basic human rights such as equality for women and LGBT individuals. Nobody is overly concerned about people born in other EU countries who can easily be integrated into society.
People are okay with immigration, it’s just when mass migrants come it changes entire dynamics of neighborhoods to a majority ethnic.
You can see it in neighborhoods in large cities. Where the main language goes from English to Spanish, or hatian creole, etc.
Migration needs to happen in a drip, otherwise it’s vulnerable to instant societal changes. While people don’t have problems with their neighbors, in a grand scale people find issues in that.
Of course, what difference is this from Ellis Island days when anyone was welcome?
We need people, but we don’t really focus on population, we focus on bringing already grown bodies in.
It’s a delicate dance, one that it’s interesting to see unfold in front of my eyes in the neighborhoods around me.
It’s a beautiful sight, especially when you have fluent Spanish speakers learning how to speak Chinese before English.
But people don’t like their house and neighbors messed with.
Not everyone cares about American values, they just want an easier life.
Same pattern as other countries places with least immigration display highest levels of xenophobia. Also, in Germany’s case, these were the regions of highest Nazi party support and never were de-nazified by the Russians. They swapped one “Party” for another and said “capitalist” instead of “undesirable” and continued being the same.
ITT: textbook xenophobia
I guess germans really do like doing things by the book…
Second one of these immigration posts I’m seeing from European countries. I wonder why all of a sudden these are being created and shared
What’s the breakdown of Offenbach’s immigrant population?
Jetzt weiß ich warum so viele Türken einen schwäbischen Akzent haben.
Frankfurt next to Offenbach is proudly advertising it has citizens from 180 of 195 possible nations.
Offenbach isnt proud it gets advertised
Imagine being in Germany and only having German food on a night out
*Shudders*
Bear in mind that these numbers only cover foreigners who are not citizens. There are a lot more who were not born here and acquired citizenship and also children of immigrants who mostly live mostly in communities of their own peers who would rather consider themselves Turkish, Arab, etc. than German.
My commute went through Offenbach for a couple years and I’m sure even back then 40% would have been way too low if you consider the aforementioned groups.
I heard this before so there’s gotta be other reasons for (East) Germany to vote for afd??
Better food in redder areas. You’re welcome!
My hot take, House prices in the East German Countryside are about to go up.
Germany needs the mass remigration ASAP