More than 600,000 unemployed European Union migrants are living in Britain at
a cost of £1.5 billion to the NHS alone, according to an EU report.
The authoritative study, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, shows the
number of jobless European migrants coming to Britain has risen dramatically
in the past five years, intensifying demands for the Government to
renegotiate EU membership.
Opponents of the EU seized on the figures to suggest Britain could not afford
to allow European migrants to come here at will while continuing to provide
a universal benefits system.
The 291-page report, to be published this week by the European commissioner in
charge of employment and welfare, discloses:
• The number of “non-active” EU migrants in Britain has risen by 42 per cent
between 2006 and 2012;
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