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Migrants free to claim full benefits
That’s what The Times would have us believe today - the lifting of A2 and A8 restrictions.
Is it true?
looks like it - rightsnet news story to follow.
cheers ros
more a running out than a lifting the original scheme was due to expire for A8 workers in 2009 and the government were allowed
a 2 year extension which expires on 30 April 2011
here’s link to rightnet news story -
The only thing that is being abolished is the requirement for workers Registration Documents. The old A8 concept has gone and all Europeans still have to pass the Right to Reside Test and the (physical) Habitual Resedence Test.
And it doesn’t appear to apply to A2.