Welfare tourists not entitled to benefits

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European court rules

 

The right of national governments to deny benefits to EU migrants who come “solely” to claim handouts was upheld today in a landmark European court ruling.

 

So-called welfare tourism was ruled out in a clear statement of the legal position that could help David Cameron’s promised crackdown on abuse of the system. 

 

Judges in Luxembourg upheld a German ruling against a Romanian woman, Elisabeta Dano, 25, who claimed unemployment benefit in Leipzig despite having no intention to work in Germany.

 

She had never worked in Romania either, the court heard, and turned down jobs offered by the Leipzig job centre.

 

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4264275.ece

 

 

The tide may be turning.