As of 2020 the number of

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was approximately 145,500. This number more than doubled in 2022. Germany's Ukrainians have created a number of institutions and organizations, such as the Central Association of Ukrainians in Germany and Association of Ukrainian Diaspora in Germany. Although most of Germany's Ukrainians are German citizens, many are Ukrainian students from

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and Ukraine in Germany on an academic scholarship.

Tourist-visa scandal

In 1999, a conflict arose involving the

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, who eased conditions for citizens of the

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to get German visas. Many people opposed this claim that it enabled thousands to enter Germany illegally using the abuse of visas granted to them. The majority of Ukrainians that are in Germany on scholarship are there on such visas, adding to the controversy. Some Ukrainian organizations in Germany have accused Germans of

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and prejudice, and of the belief that Ukrainians are only in Germany to work illegally.

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Tourist-visa scandal

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