http://gulfnews.com/news/world/uk/migra ... s-1.771633
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After just three months residency in the country, eastern European migrants will be able to claim hundreds of pounds a week in jobseeker's allowance, council tax and housing benefits.
But from May migrants from Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic will simply have to pass a habitual residency test — showing they have been looking for work for three months.
The only other requirement is that they show benefits officials where they live, prove they want to settle here and show any employment history.
At that point they can get access to council tax rebate, housing benefit worth hundreds of pounds a week and jobseeker's allowance of £65 a week.
The change in rules will also lead to a rise in the number of eastern Europeans living in Britain who receive child benefit for children still living in their home country.
Figures last year showed there are already more than 32,000 children living in eastern Europe whose parents receive child benefit in Britain. Under EU rules, child benefit is paid to all parents in the UK, even if their children have stayed in their home countries.
