About 98,000 Romanians moved to Germany in the first half of 2014, of the 667,000 foreigners who settled down in the country.

The number of Romanians went up by 46% year-on-year, reports local economica.net.

Polish and Bulgarians came next, with 96,000, respectively 38,000.

The immigration in Germany grew by 20% in 2014, according to official statistics.

During the first half of 2014, about 427,000 left Germany, up 22% year-on-year. A lot of the immigrants leave the country if they fail to find a job or get refugee status.

The anti-Islam movement called Pegida organized at the end of 2014 large protests against immigration in Dresden.

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