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    According to today's Telegraph, there are more than 370,000 migrants who were admitted to Britain to work, study or go on holiday and are now claiming out-of-work benefits, according to official figures compiled for the first time.

    The migrants, who can claim unemployment, housing and incapacity benefit, are costing taxpayers billions of pounds a year.
    In other countries, many would have had to return home after their visas expired or their employment ended.
    The figures are likely to reopen the debate over the generosity of the welfare system amid growing concerns that the country has become a destination for "benefit tourists".
    In an article for today's Daily Telegraph, Chris Grayling, the employment minister, and Damian Green, the immigration minister, say that the large number of migrants now claiming benefits has been increased by the "organisational chaos" of Britain's immigration system.
    "It should never have been allowed to happen and Labour should be embarrassed by what it left behind," they add.
    The analysis found there were 371,000 foreign-born claimants for out-of-work benefits, out of a total 5.5 million recipients. Of these, 258,000 were from outside the European Economic Area.

    Scary stuff eh ? We're all worse off and all these people from overseas, many from outside the EU area, are coming here to be better off.




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