EU Migrants Add Billions to U.K. Finances, Report Shows
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European Union migrants to the U.K. paid more in tax than they received in benefits in the past decade, according to a report that threatens to stoke the political debate over immigration.
People who moved to the U.K. after 2000 contributed 20 billion pounds ($31 billion) to the public finances between 2001 and 2011, the study by the UCL Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration published today showed. Migrants from the 10 mostly eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 accounted for 5 billion pounds.