Benefit tourism

The political slogan social tourism describes pejoratively immigration, which supposedly serves only to receive benefits in the target country. It was selected in Germany for word of the year 2013.

The jury based its decision to the effect that the root word " tourism" might suggest that immigration from distress was "a pleasure and recreational pursuits traveling ". From the perspective of the German Language Society is with the term " targeted sentiment against unwanted immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe," has been made. The jury brought in its reasons, the term " social tourism " have the Secretary of State Günter Krings (CDU ) brought from the Federal Ministry of the Interior re- circulated and the German Press Agency dpa have used the word.

Here, the word of the year was related with other words such as " poverty immigration " and " vested abuse".

Debate 2013/14

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

At the end of 2013, the Bavarian CSU began a debate revolved around immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria. As a result, a broad public debate on this issue arose. Been criticized for the CSU campaign slogan Who is cheating who flies with which the CSU turned against welfare cheat among immigrants. The CSU accused the SPD again hypocrisy, CSU leader Seehofer referred to page 108 of the 2013 coalition agreement closed and looked confirmed.