Britain, Germany, Austria and Holland asked the European Commission on Thursday to review an EU directive that sets out free movement rights allowing migrants from European countries, such as Romania or Bulgaria, to establish residency and to claim welfare benefits.
The four countries are concerned that when the two Balkans nations gain full EU free movement rights in January 2014 there will be an explosion in "welfare tourism", where foreign European nationals from poor countries establish residency in wealthier countries in order to get welfare payments.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9916159/EU-commission-accuses-UK-of-inventing-non-problem-of-migrant-benefit-crisis.html
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