Another category contains a variety of mentioned , mostly political deficiencies . Generally found deficiencies and several notions of unequal treatment were understood as a malpractice and were grouped together in this category . Inequalities are presented here mainly in relation to legal frameworks . The two main laws are the Social Code ( V01 , ll . 52- 53 ) and the law on benefits for asylum seekers ( V01 , ll . 55-57 ). The treatment of the Ukrainian population plays an important role in this context . In the case of the first Social Code , the inequality in comparison with resident employees who have lived in Germany for all or or most of their lives is emphasised ( V01 , ll . 59-61 ). In addition to that , it also creates a certain hierarchy between Ukrainians as a group of refugees and other asylum seekers . At the same time , the right to stay longer than ‘ necessary ’ is clearly denied ( V02 , ll . 59-63 ). Other shortcomings relate to media practices in the sense that certain background information on political processes is missing in “ the newspapers ” ( V03 , l . 51 ). This is probably a criticism of the mainstream media and puts the author in the position of having to fill in missing information ( V02 , ll . 54-55 ). There is also talk of a lack of money , although this is more a matter of misallocation of funds to , among other things , social benefits , ( V01 , ll . 46-47 ) than to other important areas ( V01 , ll . 45-46 ; V03 , ll . 45-46 ) that affect locals , or , as now elaborated the ingroup in contrast to the ‘ others ’.
“ Othering is the simultaneous construction of the self or in-group and the other or out-group in mutual and unequal opposition through identification of some desirable characteristic that the self / in-group has and the other / out-group lacks and / or some undesirable characteristic that the other / out-group has and the self / in-group lacks ” ( Brons 2015 , 70 ).
Having that concept in mind , a large category emerged that contains different dimensions , or rather directions of Othering . Two othered groups were found here . On the one hand , Ukrainian people living in Germany are clearly defined as a group . They are described as being unequally treated in comparison to other foreigners , as they mostly come as war refugees , but receive more social benefits than others ( V01 , ll . 51- 53 ). It is questioned whether the security status of Ukrainians is necessary when they are said to cross borders frequently ( V02 , ll . 58-59 ). Whatever the reasons for crossing the border , the idea is created that special treatment of Ukrainian war refugees is unnecessary when they move between their home and host countries . To fuel the negative image , the issue of wealth is mentioned . Ulrich Siegmund refers to a general wealth of the refugees by mentioning a number of expensive cars with Ukrainian labels driving around the capital ( V01 , ll . 40-41 ). These causalities lack a thorough clarification of the phenomena and developments presented . On the other hand , the government or other parties , which are not AfD , so-called “ fact-checkers ” ( V02 , ll . 49-50 ) or simply “ they ” ( V02 , l . 46 ) without specifying who exactly is meant , are constructed as other groups . The basis for this distance is the feeling that people are publicly working against the author and his party . It is important here that there is a note of power on ‘ their ’ side , for example when it comes to making decision in
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