To deal with “welfare tourism” as well as giving immigrants just three months to get a new occupation before being thrown out, Germany is planning to set up strict new laws. To inspect welfare exploitation in
the country a special board was set up earlier this year and its report is about to be published. Amongst its suggestions are proposals to push out the responsible benefit fraud and curtailing child stipend to registered taxpayers EU citizens in Germany. Many people have already been raised concerns that the proposal would be not in favor of EU law, and so could not be executed.
According to a report by The EUobserver, late last year the mayors of 16 German cities made a open appeal for help to deal with drifters from Eastern Europe, particularly Roma from Romania and Bulgaria, who are charged of putting a strain on local welfare systems.
Thomas de Maiziere, the Interior minister said the focus should be on those who abuse untrained immigrants. He added that it cannot be that people who do not speak German come to the local benefits offices with completely filled-in forms and claim child support or an approval to set up a business.
The British Government commenced a rule that EU immigrants coming to the UK will have to prove they are being paid minimum of £149 per week for three months before they can get a range of benefits, including jobseeker’s stipend, child tax credits and child benefits.
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