Social tourism (political catchphrase)

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The political catchphrase social tourism derogatory describes immigration , which supposedly only serves to receive social benefits in the destination country . It was voted the unword of 2013 in Germany.

The jury based its decision on the fact that the basic word “ tourism ” suggests that immigration out of necessity is “a travel activity serving pleasure and relaxation”. From the point of view of the Society for German Language, the term “targeted mood against undesirable immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe” has been created. In its justification, the jury stated that State Secretary Günter Krings ( CDU ) from the Federal Ministry of the Interior had put the term “social tourism” into circulation and that the German press agency dpa had used the word.

The unword of the year is related to other words such as “ poverty immigration ” and “ abuse of freedom of movement”.

The semantically similar word poverty immigration was ranked third in Germany in 2013 when it was defined as word of the year .

Debate 2013/14

At the end of October 2013 there were 262,000 Romanians and 144,000 Bulgarians living in Germany. The Institute for Employment Research (IAB), which conducts research for the employment agency, assumes that up to 180,000 people from both countries will come to Germany in 2014. In 2012, the bottom line was 75,000.

At the end of 2013, the Bavarian CSU began a debate that revolved around immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria , in particular members of the Roma minority from these countries. A broad public discussion on this topic ensued. The CSU election slogan Who Cheats, He Flies , with which the CSU turned against social security fraudsters among immigrants, received criticism . The CSU accused the SPD of hypocrisy, CSU boss Seehofer referred to page 108 of the coalition agreement concluded in 2013 and saw himself confirmed by this.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Social tourism" voted "Unword of the year 2013". In: welt.de. Die Welt , January 14, 2014, accessed on January 16, 2014 .
  2. ^ The myth of poverty migration
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