NEARLY a quarter of all European nationals living in the UK are not working, new figures show.
According
to the Conservative Fresh Start group, more than 551,000 out of
2.3million are economically inactive and 146,000 have never worked in
this country.
Worryingly, the
figure of those who have never worked has risen by 30 per cent since
2008, says the group.
It warned that the European Commission was
continuing to challenge rules restricting the rights of some EU
nationals to claim jobseeker’s allowance and child benefit.
It
urged the Government to seek amendments to the Free Movement Directive
to limit social security assistance for unemployed immigrants. Ukip
leader Nigel Farage said: “The potential number of economic migrants
seeking welfare is very worrying.”
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