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Originally Posted by Parmy

Many have worked and kept what they earned...cause they are only here for what they can get.....and how do you know they would work? That's the same as me lumping them alll as criminals, which you said I was when I wasn't..

I would imagine the stats say that most that are available to work now, just simply don't, and prefer the benefit money when the wives and 10 kids come over.

Nice.

50% of them go to work within a couple of years they're able to. This is lower than the approx 75% of working-age UK citizens being employed in the same period, however it should also be considered the significant barriers they will face when looking for jobs - large gaps on their CV, potential language barriers, they are limited to what jobs they can apply for and of course employer discrimination. And that obviously doesn't mean those unemployed aren't applying.