2009/10/04

Multicultural northern Neukölln

According to a European Council report (2008), northern Neukölln with its population of 160 000 has a share of migrants of over 50% with residence permit and another share of estimated 10% of illegal residents.

40% of the migrants originate from Turkey, 12% from Arabic countries, 11% from Poland, 10% from former Yugoslavia, an estimated 8% originate from Russia, and a considerable proportion of migrants are stateless (mainly Palestinians). In elementary schools 95% of the pupils have a native language other than German.

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