How many of those claiming in Ireland are actually of British origins? More likely to be of Irish origins, eg born over here to Irish parents?
How many are on ESA or claiming other benefits and tax credits for selling a few copies of the "Big Issue" or collecting a few bits of scrap?
The figures are nonsense. Eg there are getting on for 4,000 Czech/Slovak Roma just in Rotherham. Extrapolate around the country and there are a LOT more than 11,000 Czech/Slovak Roma claiming benefits. That is just one "small" group.
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Almost all of Rotherham's Roma community have migrated from Slovakia or the Czech Republic since 2004 and a high proportion of adults have little or no English language skills.
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The Roma population has increased from none in 2004 to an estimated 3,700 in 2012 and continues to grow through migration and natural change.
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An estimated 200,000 Roma migrants are living in Britain, new research shared exclusively with Channel 4 News reveals.
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