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Mon 01 Jan 2010Migrants from new EU states 'denied welfare'
INCREASING NUMBERS of migrant workers from new EU states are being unfairly denied access to social welfare payments because residency rules are applied inconsistently, a charity has claimed.
Crosscare Migrant Project (CMP) said a significant number of EU migrant workers who had lost their jobs faced homelessness or emigration as a result of decisions made by community welfare officers to refuse them supplementary welfare allowance, a €196 weekly social welfare payment to help people meet basic needs.
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