As of the end of 2022 the number of Ukrainians in Germany (German: Ukrainer in Deutschland) was approximately 1,164,200.

In 1999, a conflict arose involving the German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who eased conditions for citizens of the former Soviet states to get German visas.

Many people opposed this claim that it enabled thousands to enter Germany illegally using the abuse of visas granted to them.

The majority of Ukrainians that are in Germany on scholarship are there on such visas, adding to the controversy.

Some Ukrainian organizations in Germany have accused Germans of racism and prejudice, and of the belief that Ukrainians are only in Germany to work illegally.