Cameron cuts EU migrants’ unemployment and child benefits

EurActiv and other news sources reported that the United Kingdom had announced on the 29 July 2014 new welfare rules to cut European migrants' access to social security payments, marking the latest in a series of British measures aimed at addressing voters' concerns over immigration.

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BBC News, 29.07.14: Migrant benefits to be tightened further - Cameron http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28537663

ESO: Background information: The UK has been one of the main beneficiaries from free movement of labour in the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-uk-has-been-one-of-the-main-beneficiaries-from-free-movement-of-labour-in-the-eu/

ESO: Background information: People from abroad: what benefits can they claim? - Commons Library Standard Note http://www.europeansources.info/record/people-from-abroad-what-benefits-can-they-claim-commons-library-standard-note/

ESO: Background information: Britain sets out new test to limit EU migrant benefits http://www.europeansources.info/record/britain-sets-out-new-test-to-limit-eu-migrant-benefits/

Daily Telegraph, 29.07.14: David Cameron: We’re building an immigration system that puts Britain first http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10995875/David-Cameron-Were-building-an-immigration-system-that-puts-Britain-first.html

The Guardian, 29.07.14: EU migrants to Britain face further restrictions on welfare payments http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/29/eu-migrants-britain-further-restrictions-welfare-payments

UK: GOV.UK: Prime Minister's Office: Press Release, 29.07.14: New measures to tighten up the immigration system https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-tighten-up-the-immigration-system

Social Europe Journal, 29.07.14: David Cameron’s European Migration Straw Man http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/07/david-camerons-european-migration-straw-man/

EUObserver, 30.07.14: EU to 'scrutinise' Cameron's migrant benefits plan http://euobserver.com/justice/125144

EurActiv: 30.07.14: Farage blasts Cameron's benefits cuts for EU migrants http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/farage-blasts-camerons-benefits-cuts-eu-migrants-303796

Daily Telegraph, 30.07.14: Nigel Farage: David Cameron’s EU benefits diatribe fools no one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/10998115/Nigel-Farage-David-Camerons-EU-benefits-diatribe-fools-no-one.html

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Standard Notes: Statistics on migrants and benefits (01.08.14) http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06955/statistics-on-migrants-and-benefits

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