Credit crunch pushes Poles out of jobs and into UK benefits system

Daily Mail
"The annual total of benefit claims from A8 citizens was 13,600 last year, up from just 6,287 in 2006. More than half came from Poles, who represent a large majority of the eastern European migrants, followed by Lithuanians accounting for 13 per cent and Czechs with 11 per cent.The figures are a blow for Labour ministers who faced fierce criticism over the decision to allow unfettered access to Britain's labour market when the EU expanded eastwards five years ago - when other states such as France and Germany chose to keep migrant workers out.Ministers have clung to their claims that the huge influx of around a million eastern European workers has been good for the British economy, and the immigrants are not a burden on UK taxpayers."