OUR PLANET
The current legislation allows EU citizens to live in the United Kingdom as jobseekers, therefore allowing them to apply for Job Seekers Allowance and other benefits. Under Mr Cameron’ s plans, a statutory presumption will be created to ensure that after 6 months an EEA national can no longer retain their status as a job seeker or retained worker and continue to claim benefits, unless they can demonstrate they have actively sought work throughout that period and have a genuine chance of finding work. Some changes are also likely to affect the health system, as the government wants to curb the so called“ health tourism”. According to Mr’ s Cameron’ s government, some immigrants come to UK just to have access to its free and universal health system. Therefore, in the near future, immigrants are likely to find it harder to get free health services from NHS.
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