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Dont let Cabaye go

Have you got figures so substantiate how much of a practical problem it is. Be interesting to see the facts vs the rhetoric.

Remember we are talking about those 'on the fiddle ' working and claiming jsa.

Edited by nickgusset (15 Dec 2016 3.05pm)

Is it even a thing? You have to be in the UK for a period of at least three years of working to be eligible for benefits as an EU Migrant. The only people who have immediate access to welfare benefits are British Citizens and Asylum Applicants, who are forbidden from working (and successful asylum applicants who are covered as working citizens - but may not be able to find work easily).

Whilst you would have some access to welfare, its the same as that which would be applicable to any tourist (such as access to the NHS, which technically is recoverable, but generally not practical to do so).

Some of the stories around this make it sound like you can just rock up at Dover and sign on. The only way you can do that is by claiming asylum (and as I said, you get benefits due to being forbidden from working until you get either a working permit or permission to stay).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Only those who are accepted as being able to apply. And its limited to housing, and 36 per adult per week or thereabouts, with a top up for children (who will be placed in schools etc) along with legal aid for their application to remain (or become citizens).

There isn't really a better option, as asylum seekers aren't allowed to work. So its a pretty s**t form of benefit tourism, as many will have spent or lost more on getting here, than they will gain in benefits.

There are some official figures, out there, its varies from 21,000 to 29,000 per year over the last ten years. Around half of claims are successful (about 45-49% each year, but that includes appeals - so failing and then appealing would distort that figure downwards).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Of course I don't approve.

Now can you substantiate how much of a problem it is and what are the details of the practical issues.

Also I've noticed you haven't answered the question 'can a black person be construed as Islamophobic if they shout 'i want to kill a muslim' before stabbing someone?

There is no "of course" about it.

And your second question is laughable in the contest of why you started this thread.
Since you are now forced to ask the question to cover your disappointment that the culprit was not a blond bloke dressed in a home made SS uniform, let me ask you if the spate of attacks carried out across the world by Muslims were anti Western or Anti British or Anti Christian or the fault of all Muslims everywhere or because of their ethnicity?

I mean, since you care so much about the these sorts of questions.....