Did anyone in the UK actually read this EU proposal thingy before signing?...............


Poles demand millions from Britain to pay their benefits: Eastern European governments want cash for returning migrants

  1. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia demanding UK cash for jobless citizens
  2. Told Britain to pay more than £10m in unemployment benefits to migrants
  3. Czech labour minister said UK owed country £3m in benefits under EU rules
  4. Iain Duncan Smith's department has already paid £800,000 under these rules



Britain has been told to pay more than £10 million in unemployment benefit to eastern European migrants who have left Britain, returned home and now cannot find a job.
Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have demanded that Iain Duncan Smith’s department funds their jobless citizens because they once worked and paid national insurance in the UK.
His department has refused because the migrants had not worked in the UK long enough to claim, but the three countries have threatened to issue a diplomatic protest.


Britain has been told to pay more than £10 million in unemployment benefit to eastern European migrants who have left Britain, returned home and now cannot find a job.
Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have demanded that Iain Duncan Smith’s department funds their jobless citizens because they once worked and paid national insurance in the UK.
His department has refused because the migrants had not worked in the UK long enough to claim, but the three countries have threatened to issue a diplomatic protest.

Mrs Marksova-Tominova said: ‘I expect this meeting to resolve the situation.’
If not, the situation could escalate when Mr Duncan Smith attends a meeting of EU employment ministers next month. An EU agreement means that citizens of one country who work in another are entitled to out-of-work benefits if they have paid national insurance for a certain period.
In the UK the threshold is two years, but in other European countries it is as low as six months.
The three countries claim the situation began two years ago when the rules in the UK changed. If they succeed in getting the money, it could open the doors to claims from other European countries – many of which have high unemployment rates.


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