jackytoo

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...y-country.html

dmu

This is interesting, maybe a Mod can get it posted in Europe and all the other dedicated European country forums?

IamStu

I remember whilst working in Ireland, an English girl of mid twenties (at a guess), coming in and saying she had just moved to Ireland. Without asking her why she declared it was because the dole was easier to claim. This she was boasting to an Irish collegue.
And I thought Britain were suckers!

EMR

Usual Torygraph propoganda.
The Sunday time article about Brits on the dole in Germany contradicts the Torygraph.

jackytoo

Not propaganda....Eurostat figures. European Commission...geddit!

mikelincs

Better give that out to all prospective migrants to te UK, They would be better off in many other countries, particularly as the UK is tightening it's rules as to when people can claim.

Fredbargate

Anybody missing off BE today???

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/benefits-fr...8.html#EoTWR4V

Maybe1day

From What I know there is a lot of "Untruths" in there. I don't who put it together but Spain and especially Italy are very incorrect.
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jackytoo

Why don't you know It is clear enough, have you read it It is the European Commission who supply the stats.

Maybe1day

I read it, the compiler is the European Commission, but who feeds them this B... S...? (Sodded that up didn't I?)
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agoreira

Well there's a surprise! I think we'd be entitled to say "we told you so".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...encies-UK.html

EMR

A report todayBBC news ( not the toilet paper press ) states that immigrants to the UK are less likely to claim benefits than the UK native population.
You will not see that in the Dmail, Express etc.

jackytoo

Yes and successive Governments wring their hands and say there is nothing they can do about it Other EU Countries manage to get around the rules. Was reading last night that Spain is withdrawing grants from all Spanish students on the Erasmus programme leaving them stranded throughout Europe.

Dick Dasterdly

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...spitality.html

Have you never thought about putting your brain into gear before posting ?

""Overall, it should come as no surprise to discover that, proportionately, migrants are less likely to be claiming out-of-work benefits than people born in Britain""

cricketman

The article makes no sense

The headline says there are 6,000 unemployed EU migrants in Britain, and the text below says 600,000. Quite a difference

I'd be more worried about innumerate British journalists rather than EU migrants