{"id":21980,"date":"2014-11-24T03:16:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T02:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=21980"},"modified":"2014-11-24T03:16:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T02:16:34","slug":"should-immigrants-be-able-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/should-immigrants-be-able-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Immigrants Be Able to Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Times of London is tougher than the US is on this issue.\u00a0 They write that national governments have a right to decide whether immigrants should or should not be eligible for benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Nationals from other European Union nations who want to stay longer than three months in the UK have to be workig or demonstrate that they will not become a burden on public funds.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is not working has to pass an habitual reisdence test to prove a genine link with the country.\u00a0\u00a0 Claimants have to show that they are actively seeking work.\u00a0 If they cannot do so, benefits are docked.\u00a0 It is right to be tough on eligibility for benefits they argue.\u00a0 It is hard to explain how someone with no work history in a country should be supported by taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/should-immigrants-be-able-to-work\/benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benefits-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Benefits?\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benefits-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benefits-405x300.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benefits.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Times of London is tougher than the US is on this issue.\u00a0 They write that national governments have a right to decide whether immigrants should or should not be eligible for benefits. 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