Pakistanis in Germany

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Pakistanis in Germany form the third largest Pakistani community in Europe, after the over one million Pakistanis in Great Britain and the over 100,000 Pakistani people in Italy.

history

In Germany, the Pakistanis are one of the oldest groups of immigrants from Asia. The first Ahmadiyya communities from British India were founded in Germany as early as the early 1920s. Until 1947 they were counted among the Indians in Germany .

Migration situation

The number of people with a Pakistani migration background living in Germany was 94,000 in 2015. At the end of 2015 there were 61,720 Pakistani nationals registered in Germany. A large part of the Pakistanis in Germany live in Hesse , especially in the Rhine-Main area .

The Pakistanis in Germany are ethnically and linguistically not a uniform group. The largest share have Panjabi spokesman, followed by Pashtuns , Sindhi -Sprechern and many other nations. Almost all Pakistanis with migration experience also speak Urdu , Pakistan's national language, and English , Pakistan's educational language.

religion

Most of the Pakistanis in Germany are Muslims . There are also a considerable number of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community . Most of the 40,000 Ahmadiyya members living in Germany are of Pakistani descent. A small part of Pakistanis are Ismailis , Hindus , Sikhs , Christians and non-denominational .

education

Street in Heidelberg named after Muhammad Iqbal

The Pakistani government has sent hundreds of Pakistani scientists and researchers to German universities for training as part of its “Higher Education Commission”. Most large German universities have Pakistani student representatives. The culture of the Pakistanis on educational trips to Germany was supported by the pioneering work of Muhammad Iqbal , who spent four months in Germany for his studies

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population with a migration background - results of the 2015 microcensus, p. 66
  2. ↑ Foreign population - results of the Central Register of Foreigners (as of December 31, 2015) p. 154
  3. ^ Official website of the AMJ in Germany
  4. ↑ Daad Magazine
  5. ↑ http://www.psa.rwth-aachen.de/
  6. ↑ http://www.psa-ude.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.tu-harburg.de/psa/constitution.htm