50,000 children living overseas get child benefit

[joebloggs]

tax credits, its those who are on work permits and married to British citizens cant have recourse to public funds yet Europeans living in the UK can for their kids who are not even in the UK

Almost 50,000 children living abroad are receiving benefits claimed by immigrant families based in Britain, figures have revealed.


http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/29/50000-...nefit-3372471/

Number of ongoing child benefit awards and number of children receiving ongoing awards as at December 31 2012

Poland - 15,499/25,659
Republic of Ireland - 1,281/2,609
Lithuania - 1,276/1,772
Slovakia - 1,083/1,881
France - 1,080/2,003
Latvia - 853/1,117
Spain - 756/1,275
Germany - 366/641
Portugal - 239/364
Netherlands - 192/379
Romania - 196/328
Italy - 193/330
Czech Republic - 176/282
Bulgaria - 174/238
Belgium - 138/274
Switzerland - 122/238
Hungary - 132/203
Sweden - 66/122
Cyprus - 53/80
Greece - 51/76
Estonia - 43/63

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013..._2574166.html?

[imagine]

arn't we just the mugs

[fred]

Im surprised it is only 50,000 as I thought that was the figure bandied about 5/6 years ago?

[stevewool]

are you claiming tax credits Fred

[Dedworth]

What other country would allow this madness ?

[bigmarco]

And you wonder why they want to come here. What is the Polish for mugs