Filipinos in Germany

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The foreign Filipinos in Germany come from different social classes. Many migrant workers are employed in the medical sector or work as seafarers on ships registered in Germany. According to the German Embassy in Manila, which is based on data from the Federal Statistical Office , there were around 19,000 Filipino nationals living in Germany at the end of 2009.

The relatively high proportion of women of approx. 82% results from a large number of marriages between Filipinas and German men. Some of them also got to know them through international marriage agencies . Every year around 750 Filipinos, mostly women, are naturalized in Germany. By mixing with the German population, Filipinos are mostly well integrated in Germany. This is favored by the prevailing religion in both countries (approx. 90% of all Filipinos are Christians, approx. 80% Roman Catholic).

In addition, most Filipinos speak the two official Filipino languages Filipino , which is primarily based on Tagalog , and English , usually one of the many local languages ​​in the Philippines or Filipino Spanish . You either learn German in the Philippines, z. B. at the Goethe-Institut in Manila or in Germany.

A 2007 study by scientists from the Philippine Migration Research Network suspected a large number (up to 40,000) of Filipinos living illegally in Germany.

history

The history of Filipinos in Germany goes back to the 19th century; National hero José Rizal had lived in Germany and for some time finished writing his famous novel Noli me tangere while he was living there, and published it with the help of Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt ; the house in Berlin where Rizal lived contains a plaque and efforts are being made to acquire the building from its owner.

Mass migration from the Philippines to Germany began in the late 1960s , with a large number of Filipina nurses taking up employment in German hospitals; however, with the start of the 1973 oil crisis, the German recruitment of guest workers largely came to a standstill. Immigration through marriage began in the 1980s, with around 1,000 women per year responding to requests from the Philippine embassy for a "Certificate of Legal Eligibility" until 1990.

Today's community

Filipino citizens in Germany have founded more than a hundred organizations for their citizens. Filipino karaoke competitions are a particularly popular form of socializing. Church-based volunteer work is also widespread and has been particularly successful in promoting community engagement by migrant women with the aim of supporting the local Filipino community as well as donating to charitable projects in the Philippines. Filipinos are well integrated into German society and viewed by their neighbors as hardworking, skillful and peaceful. According to a 1997 study by the Dutch Universiteit van Tilburg , 75 percent have no problems with cultural or linguistic adaptation.

credentials

  1. ↑ Filipinos in Germany ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.manila.diplo.de
  2. ↑ Jens Peters: Philippines - travel manual. Jens Peters Publications, Bremen 2005, ISBN 3-923821-30-1 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Mary Lou U. Hardillo-Werning: The Filipino Women Migrants in Germany . In: Filomenita Mongaya Hoegsholm (Ed.): In De Olde Worlde: Views of Filipino Migrants in Europe . Philippine Social Science Council / Philippine Migration Research Network, 2007, ISBN 978-971-8514-29-0 , pp. 270–282.
  4. ↑ a b Jeremaiah M. Opiniano: A taste of Filipino life in Germany . December 30, 2004. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ofwjournalism.net

literature

  • Julia Thiesbonenkamp-Maag, Like a spring in the desert. Care and self-care at the Filipino charismatic group El Shaddai in Frankfurt . Reimer, Berlin 2014.