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Originally Posted by BBXX

The only reason this should be regulated is for the benefit of those being employed. There should be a system in place where migrants get to work for a fair wage but as a result have to forgo a level of benefit they receive (I am sure those on a certain wage have to pay for their living accommodation costs). People - mainly migrants desperate to work - are being exploited.

It seems like the outrage in this thread lies with the migrants who are working and not the companies who are exploiting them, which feels bizarre to me. If migrants were so well off under the benefits received by the country, they wouldn't need to work.

I think this country have such an odd relationship with the benefits system, it's always seen as unfair but only ever when it's for those they deem lesser. Parents get multiple benefits that people without kids don't, married people get tax credits, single people get a discount off council tax, people who use fewer public funded services pay the same tax level as those who use a lot - it's all part of living in a society, and it's never going to ever be truly equal. I would rather migrants get a job and contribute to said society in some capacity while their application is being decided than not.

You can't complain migrants are simultaneously sponging off the state while also complaining about them working.