Germany cracks down on immigrant welfare

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported on the "end of welfare tourism," commenting on the German state's more stringent laws against benefit claimants, including Polish citizens. Along with the UK and the Netherlands, Germany will make it more difficult for gastarbeiters to claim benefits. The German government has passed a law that will limit the presence of foreigners who are searching for work to six months. Unemployed persons who don't find work within six months will lose their ability to stay in the country legally. People who simulate self-employment or receive child support through illegal means will be cut off. The flow of Polish migrants into Germany is climbing at a rate of 12 percent year-on-year and Germany is the country with the highest Polish immigrant population after the UK.