the pain in spain

[mrdonuts]

why cant the uk do this then?


The Spanish government last week introduced new residency requirements for EU citizens who want to live in Spain for longer than three months - which include providing proof of sufficient income 'not to become a social burden for the state'.

Read more: Spanish bank bailouts and property crash wreck Brits retirement plans | Mail Online

[DimPrawn]

why cant the uk do this then?


The Spanish government last week introduced new residency requirements for EU citizens who want to live in Spain for longer than three months - which include providing proof of sufficient income 'not to become a social burden for the state'.

Read more: Spanish bank bailouts and property crash wreck Brits retirement plans | Mail Online

Because we need as many poor, uneducated, 3rd world immigrants as possible to claim social and prop up the BTL market.

HTH BIDI

[original PM]

because the bleeding heart liberals will scream racism.

[AtW]

The Spanish government last week introduced new residency requirements for EU citizens who want to live in Spain for longer than three months - which include providing proof of sufficient income 'not to become a social burden for the state'.

Well, that can easily be challenged but they are probably banking on that it will take long time.

[Mich the Tester]

why cant the uk do this then?


The Spanish government last week introduced new residency requirements for EU citizens who want to live in Spain for longer than three months - which include providing proof of sufficient income 'not to become a social burden for the state'.

Read more: Spanish bank bailouts and property crash wreck Brits retirement plans | Mail Online

Because it's unnecessary and won't make a difference. If you work in another EU country then you're eligible for benefits from social insurance schemes, like disability and unemployment allowance, although after your unemployment allowance runs out you have to leave or get a job. As for benefits like income support (also available in other EU countries) for which you don't pay social security contributions but which are financed out of tax, you can already be made to leave the country.The definition of 'burden for the state' is those benefits outside of social security and your personal taxes, so such legislation wouldn't make any difference.

As for social insurance benefits, fair enough to demand foreigners are excluded from those, but then they'll demand (and probably get) the right, through the courts, to be excluded from paying social insurance contributions, which would make them cheaper on the employment market and therefore cause unemployment among locals to rise.

[DimPrawn]

Well, that can easily be challenged but they are probably banking on that it will take long time.

That's it in a nutshell.

In Cyprus, illegals are deported within 24 hours of capture, before they have chance to claim any hooman rights and line lawyers pockets with EU cash. They ignore any EU rules that don't benefit Cyprus. Sensible chaps.

[The Spartan]

Cyprus is a small example though isn't it

[sasguru]

That's it in a nutshell.

In Cyprus, illegals are deported within 24 hours of capture, before they have chance to claim any hooman rights and line lawyers pockets with EU cash. They ignore any EU rules that don't benefit Cyprus. Sensible chaps.

Having said which any immigrants who go to a bust tulip-hole like Cyprus are probably of sub-normal IQ anyway

[DimPrawn]

Having said which any immigrants who go to a bust tulip-hole like Cyprus are probably of sub-normal IQ anyway

You are upsetting a lot of Russian criminals with that slur. I hope they are reading this.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

ISTR the Italians kicking all their Rumanians out a few years ago in the face of warnings from the EU.