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A New Lens for Migration | The Youth Cafe

A New Lens for Migration | The Youth Cafe

It appears that receiving migrants is not an easy choice for governments to make as well. There have been claims in the UK that migrants, especially non-nationals working lower-wage jobs, are draining the welfare system and costing the government millions of pounds a year. This led to the speculation that perhaps the welfare system was being exploited by EU migrants. The Daily Mail published an article in 2013 discussing the data.  Experts consulted didn’t find any reason to believe that migrants are explicitly to blame.  However, it did very little in changing the sentiment around migrants.