A lakeside beach in the central German city of Halle has introduced a controversial rule barring visitors without sufficient German language skills from entering, citing safety concerns, its manager t...
German here. On first glance this reads like no xenophobia is involved. However, that rationale is ridiculous, they claim that not understanding basic bathing safety is a problem with German language comprehension. The case about the toddler is about a case of negligent parents, I doubt there are parents that don’t understand that you can drown in water no matter how far you are from.
They mention that they took several measures to reduce overcrowding. This is just cleverly disguised xenophobia dressed up as safety concerns to prefer locals over immigrants at the local bath.
German here. On first glance this reads like no xenophobia is involved. However, that rationale is ridiculous, they claim that not understanding basic bathing safety is a problem with German language comprehension. The case about the toddler is about a case of negligent parents, I doubt there are parents that don’t understand that you can drown in water no matter how far you are from.
They mention that they took several measures to reduce overcrowding. This is just cleverly disguised xenophobia dressed up as safety concerns to prefer locals over immigrants at the local bath.