Immigration in Germany -Record 8.2 million or a 10th of population

Foreigners now represent about a 10th of Germany‘s population as their numbers hit a record in Europe‘s biggest economy, the government said Monday.

Nearly 8.2 million people with foreign nationalities were registered with authorities at the end of 2014, the Federal Statistical Office reported. That number was the highest recorded since the registry‘s introduction in 1967.

The total represented an increase of 519,300 people, or 6.8 per cent, from 2013, the office said. The rise was bigger than the 5.8 per cent seen from 2012 to 2013.

Nearly 60 per cent of the additions to the registry come from other EU countries. The largest increases were seen from citizens from Romania at 32.9 per cent and Bulgaria with 24.8 per cent.

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