| Malayalee
Community in Germany Our Community in Germany, which
We wish to mention here, is the community from "GODS OWN COUNTRY" viz. the
Malayalee Community from Kerala State, the single largest community in Germany from
India,. Many are of the opinion that the strength of the Malayalee community in Germany is
between 9 to 12 thousand including the second generation out of a total of about 48000
Indians in Germany.
During the early sixties, few Malayalees began to cross the ocean to study medicine ans
nursing in Germany.
In the early seventies there was a good flow of female
nursing students, as there was shortage of nurses in Germany, when German authorities
started to recruit students from Asian countries for a limited period. By the end of
seventies the regulations became stringent and the German authorities introduced Visa
system for Indians with effect from 18th July 1980, 3 months later, as due reciprocation
to this, Govt. of India also introduced the visa system for German nationals from 1st of
October 1980.
From 1976 to 1982 when the young Malayalee nurses start to marry from their own community
in India, many Spouses arrived in Germany. Those who arrived during this period to join
their family, were of different professions and talents and started to grow their own
small communities as they had much free time due to the German labour law regulations.
The present Malayalee community in Germany can be generally
divided into 4 categories.
| 1. Those who have already settled permanently
in Germany. |
| 2. Those who actually wanted to go back to
Kerala but have finally started to integrate fully into to the German community. |
| 3. Those who still think that they would
settle once permanently in "Gods Own Country" and are not ready to give up their
current identity or those who are experiencing an identity crisis. |
| 4. The last category is the cheerful second
generation enjoying their life, as they want and are the happiest section of the Malayalee
community in Germany. |
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