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> it’s in the middle of Europe between Asia and Africa I would say that's a bit of a stretch. It is true Germany has a long history if immigration, but before
by ciconia 2y ago
> it’s in the middle of Europe between Asia and Africa
I would say that's a bit of a stretch.
It is true Germany has a long history if immigration, but before modern times that was mostly from eastern and southern Europe, not from other continents [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Germany
- BerislavLopac 2y agoExcept for Turkey, the no. 1 source of immigration to Germany, which is very much in Asia.
- eadmund 2y ago> > before modern times that was mostly from eastern and southern Europe, not from other continent > Except for Turkey The mass immigration from Turkey started in the 1960s, well into the modern era. There are plenty of Germans still living today who remember the era when Turks were a rarity in Germany. No doubt there were Turks who settled in Germany, or the countries which would become Germany, well before then, but the mass immigration is very much a modern thing.
- BerislavLopac 2y agoAh OK, I had a different definition of "modern times" in mind. But if we use that version, "before modern times" Germany (or its equivalent at the time) was generally a net exporter of emigration.