Editing Hamburg (section)

===Afghan community===
{{seealso|Afghans in Germany|Afghan diaspora}}
Hamburg's [[Afghans|Afghan]] community of about 50,000 people is the largest not only in Germany, but also in Europe. They first came to Hamburg in the 1970s before expanding during the [[Afghan conflict]] in the 1980s and 1990s where many Afghan migrants chose to live in Hamburg.<ref name="BPB">{{citation|url=https://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/migration/laenderprofile/288934/afghan-migration-to-germany|title=Afghan Migration to Germany: History and Current Debates|date=5 April 2019 }}</ref> After 2015 the Afghan population almost doubled due to a new influx from the migrant crisis. There is an area in Hamburg behind the central station where many Afghan restaurants and shops are located. Many [[carpet]] businesses in [[Speicherstadt]] are operated by Afghan traders,<ref>{{cite web |title=Warum es viele Afghanen nach Hamburg zieht |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article233317215/Evakuierung-aus-Afghanistan-Warum-es-viele-Afghanen-nach-Hamburg-zieht.html |website=www.welt.de |date=23 August 2021 |access-date=24 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref> with Hamburg still a global leader in the trade of oriental rugs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldheritage.hamburg/kehrwieder-the-way-to-the-top/ | title=Welterbe Info Point Hamburg - All info on the UNESCO World Heritage Site | date=16 June 2020 }}</ref>