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Poles claim UK benefits after working only one year instead of going home [156]
We live in Australia now and i do see large influx of Enlish ex-pats, having sold their english properties for a lot, coming here and buying regular Australians out of the market. After 3 years they can apply for Australian citizenship and claim all the benefits they want. Without ""having to pay taxes"" for 20 yrs or contributing in the past in any shape or form. Some would say that might be unfair.
If you live in Aus then you know about the points based system, you will know how difficult it is to go and live in Aus, you will know that it's mainly professionals or those with specific skills go to live in Aus (from the UK), ex pats dont spend all day working in crap jobs only to send half of the money back to England to support poor relatives either! As for claiming benefits, well, hundreds of British are coming back to Britain from Spain because of the economic climate, they are not looking for handouts off the Spanish government! Or pension tax credits or any of the other benefits that all the other foreigners in this country enjoy!
British Expats
timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/pensions/article6297037.ece
so I think they deserve to claim.
They don't deserve anything, they are free to exercise their rights to work here but I don't remember exercising their rights to claim benefits was supposed to be a deal breaker for those coming to work (whoops claim benefits) here.., same as I wouldn't expect to go and work in another country and think that I deserve something for nothing!