| Malayalee Community in Germany (in the year
2000) |
My Community in Germany, which I 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.
It is assumed that
the strength of the Malayalee community (PIO) in Germany is between 9 to 12 thousand including
the second generation out of a total of about 52000 Indians
(PIO) in Germany.
During the early sixties, few Malayalees began to cross the ocean to study medicine and
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. Info on Malayalee Community
The first and the only single Free ONLINE Service for
Malayalee Community in Germany has started in December 2000
under ww.myladoor.com where the large part of the domain is
reserved for Malayalee Community in Germany. One can say
that it is the unofficial website of Malayalee Community in
Germany at present.
The responses received from all over the world is
tremendously encouraging, provoking us to continue with our
service.
PS: www.myladoor.com
is an independent, personal endeavour and is not a member of
any organisation in Germany. |
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