Brit crackdown on EU migrant benefits begins Jan. 1

LONDON: A British crackdown on “benefit tourism” will begin on January 1 when migrants from the European Union (EU) will be banned from claiming unemployment handouts until three months after arrival, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Wednesday.

Cameron said the move, part of a package of immigration measures announced last month, would make Britain “a less attractive place for EU migrants who want to come here and try to live off the state.”