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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11191
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

EU migrants add €20 billion to UK in ten years

Brussels, 05/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - A new study published on Wednesday 5 November contradicts David Cameron's rhetoric on the abuse of social benefits by migrants from the EU.

The study, by University College London, has found that migrants from the EU had contributed £20 billion (€26 billion) to the UK Treasury between 2001 and 2011, paying more in taxes than what was taken out in benefits. Migrants from the ten countries which joined the EU in 2004 contributed £5 billion.

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