Commission proposes granting legal migrants easier access to the EU

Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Minister will say today.

Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Minister will say today.

Boris Johnson certainly hit the common sense button this week when he said that many unemployed Brits need to take a good look at the energy that many overseas workers, especially in London, put into their work - and learn from it.   Boris is no supporter of the immigrant worker invasion lessening the number opportunities for young and part time British jobless, but he is savvy enough to appr...

The rules around access to states benefits by migrants are notoriously complicated and depend on their nationality.

Chris Grayling says new figures showing the number of migrants on the dole will help cut down fraud and benefit tourism.

The debate over how immigration affects Britain's benefits bill has been highlighted with the disclosure that more than 370,000 migrants are on the dole. Here are some of the arguments which have been put forward:

With foreign migrants accounting for seven per cent of UK benefits claimants, critics say ministers ‘hide behind questionable figures’

Benefits were claimed last year by more than 370,000 migrants who originally came to the UK to work, study or visit, government research shows.

The number of migrants who were admitted to Britain to work, study or go on holiday but are now claiming out-of-work benefits costing taxpayers billions of pounds a year has been revealed for the first time.