David Cameron's migrant benefits crackdown to be investigated by European Commission
Officials say plan to halve the amount of time foreigners can claim benefits will be assessed to check if it amounts to an “abuse” of the current EU immigration laws
David Cameron plans to ban foreign migrants from receiving benefits unless they earn a minimum of £149 a week.
In a challenge to the UK Government the Commission said the Prime Minister’s
plan to halve the amount of time foreigners can claim benefits will be
assessed to check if it amounts to an “abuse” of the current EU immigration
laws. The coalition will introduce laws to ensure European Union migrants can only
claim for work benefits for three months instead of six. Writing in The Telegraph, the Prime
Minister pledged that he would also stop more than 500,000 British jobs
being advertised across the UK and announced tough new curbs on colleges
offering visas to bogus
Mr Cameron said the changes will change the immigration system so it puts “Britain first” and ensure the UK is a “country that is not a soft touch”.
“We changed the rules so that no one can come to this country and expect to get out-of-work benefits immediately; they must wait at least three months.” However European Commission officials have warned that they intend to assess whether they new policy complies with EU rules.
European Commission official told The Telegraph: "As and when Britain has finalized, we will assess compliance with EU rules. There are strong safeguards in EU law against abuse. The vast majority of EU migrants going to other EU member states are going there to work and are net contributors.
They added: “There’s no legal obligation for Britain to advertise the jobs. The first people that will be harmed will be British businesses, they'll be handicapped"
An official spokesman for the commission added it was “difficult to comprehend the announcement.”
"As and when these proposals are finalised properly, we will scrutinise them carefully to see if they are fully compliant with EU law."
In February the Commission started a furious row with Westminster after claiming that Cameron's plan to ban foreign migrants from receiving benefits unless they earn a minimum of £149 a week are illegal.
The Commission threatened to take the British Government to court after claiming it was illegal to define a “worker” according to the amount he or she earns is not compatible with EU law.
A source close to Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary hit back: “We’re absolutely confident the changes are legal as well as right.”
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Kommentar :
Ref. Erikssen´s planer om endringer av trygdesystemet i Norge.
Ganske likt hva Statsminister Cameron i England foreslår,men det er én stor forskjell.
Cameron tør ikke å nevne at det er en meget større andel arbeids-innvandrere med
lønn under den fastsatte minstelønnsgrensen som har krav på trygdestøtte.
Grunnet ECHR´s lover skal ALLE mennesker som er lovlig innenfor EU ha lik tilgang
til trygdestøtte. Det gjelder landets borgere så vel som innvandrere. Han ville derfor fått store
problemer med nedjustering av trygdestøtte samt sette større krav for ALLE.
Innvandrere mottar ikke arbeidsledighetstrygd før de har oppholdt seg i landet i 3 måneder,
og skal fra januar 2015 kun få denne trygden i 3 måneder,i motsetning til 6 måneder tidligere.
Erikssen har vært smart nok til å foreslå det motsatte vedr. minstelønnsgrensen.
Innvandrere som tjener under minstelønnsgrensen får ikke tilgang til arbeidsledighetstrygd.
Litt av et hvepsebol dette!
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