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Originally Posted by nomadking
Wouldn't somebody born here to Irish Nationals eg, Irish travellers, be officially classed as British?
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Not necessarily. I believe they might be able to claim Irish citizenship. That's beside the point anyway. If the claimant count in the article have stated their nationality as British then they're British.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
Must be a very high proportion of Roma on ESA. As of 2013, there was an estimated 200,000 Roma in the UK. Remember that is just one group for which there happens to be some figures.
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There may well be, the item doesn't give figures for ESA. However, the article which you quoted from about the Rotherham area states "Nearly half of the Roma population are children and young people under 18". As such they are not entitled to any work age benefits.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
The article is meant to be about claiming benefits, therefore only including JSA is misleading.
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The article is principally about Britons claiming unemployment benefits in other European countries. It is specific to JSA, I assume, because that is the principal unemployment benefit in the UK. I'm sure other figures are available via the DWP site, where these UK figures appear to have come from along with the ONS, should you need them.