November 5, 2014
Today’s UCL report on the fiscal impact of migration to the UK has understandably provoked a lot of interest. The top line findings are that:Between 1995 and 2011, migrants from EEA countries made a positive fiscal contribution over that period of mo…
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The issue of how to balance EU free movement and the rights of member states to control their welfare systems has been a long running issue, one which several countries (not only the UK) are struggling with. We’ve previously reported about how the infl…
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access to benefits, EU free movement, german media, immigration, welfare |
A bigger threat to the EU than the UK’s ‘right to reside test’?The Barroso Commission’s term is rapidly coming to an end and Viviane Reding and Laszlo Andor are neck and neck in a pulsating contest for who will claim the wooden spoon – the award for wo…
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fascism, free movement, Hungary, immigration, Jobbik, laszlo andor, neo-Nazi, Viviane Reding, welfare |
The Government has today announced the details of the “minimum earnings threshold” that will be applied from 1 March to EU migrants seeking to claim certain benefits in the UK. The plan was first outlined in David Cameron’s FT article last year, a…
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access to benefits, britain in europe, Cameron, ECJ, EU free movement, EU law, European Commission, free movement, immigration, right to reside, welfare |
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