{"id":751621,"date":"2026-02-09T00:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/751621\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:25:11","slug":"croats-are-returning-from-germany-but-it-isnt-all-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/751621\/","title":{"rendered":"Croats are Returning From Germany, But it Isn’t All Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

February the 9th, 2026 \u2013 While it\u2019s true that Croats are returning from Germany, there\u2019s nowhere near enough of them compared to the number leaving to other countries, and it isn\u2019t all good news\u2026<\/p>\n

As Poslovni Dnevnik<\/a> writes, due to the crisis in the construction and automotive industries, more and more people are emigrating from Germany. Among them are Croats who have decided to find a better life in Croatia and are returning from Germany. This might sound all good at first, but it isn\u2019t. First of all, nowhere near enough people who have left Croatia will return, and the reason for returning from Germany specifically shouldn\u2019t be because things have become too economically strained there. That particular reason doesn\u2019t mean Croatia is better in any sense, and nobody should be lulled into a false sense of confidence about this trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cmoney is no longer a motive\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New data from the German Statistical Office (Destatis) confirms the trend of emigration of Croats from that country, which has been rumoured for some time. Last year, according to official data, a little over 11,000 Croats moved to Germany, and more than 22,000 emigrated. This means that twice as many Croats were returning from Germany than arrived there. It should be kept in mind that this pertains solely and only to Germany, and this trend isn\u2019t the case elsewhere. There are also those who are currently planning to pack up and leave. Among them is the five-member Krtali\u0107 family.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife and I are Croats who will be returning, I\u2019m also encouraging the children to return. We have a motive, we have two empty houses in Slavonia, and now we need to fix them up. Money is no longer a motive here. Everything needs to be de-registered here, I\u2019ve said it a hundred times, it\u2019s much easier to come to Germany than it is to leave it. You take your ID and a suitcase, and when you return it\u2019s much more complicated, you have to de-register yourself from this, that and the other. There\u2019s a hell of a lot of all that, and the preparation takes at least three months,\u201d Stanko Krtali\u0107 revealed to Dnevnik.hr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

croats are returning from germany \u2013 but don\u2019t get too comfortable<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As stated above, it should be said that not everyone returned to Croatia, and while the figures of Croats returning from Germany appear encouraging, the situation runs far deeper. Some decided to go to other countries, which offer them better business opportunities. The German statistics also include those with dual citizenship who may have never even lived in Croatia at any point. In any case, over the past three years, more than 14,500 Croats have returned from Germany, technically speaking, anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the construction and building sector, there\u2019s been a bit of a crisis in Germany. People who have lost their jobs or their workload has decreased are of course returning, and the auto industry has also been in crisis for a long time,\u201d explained Andrej Brdar, another Croat from Germany, who pointed out that this is precisely the reason for Croatian emigration.<\/p>\n


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