In the year 2005, only of the global population were migrants, but migration is unequally distributed throughout the world. In past years, migration flows have shifted and in some cases, international migration is actually decreasing. Only two areas in the world have seen an increase in migration – North America and the Former Soviet Union (FSU) (International Organization for Migration, 2005). Germany has long been a country of immigration. At present, there are two big groups of migrants, the Turks and ethnic Germans from countries of the FSU. We study disease patterns, focusing on cancer incidence and mortality, in the latter group
