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Benefits of scrapping benefits ban for migrants vastly outweigh costs, research suggests
A young child is carried amongst a group of people after being brought in to Dungeness, Kent, onboard the RNLI Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channe
REMOVING a hostile environment policy that prevents many migrants accessing benefits could help generate almost £900 million for society over 10 years, new research suggests.
More than a million people in Britain are affected by the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition, which blocks them from accessing a range of benefits and housing support.
Research by the London School of Economics, commissioned by the Greater London Authority and published earlier this month, now suggests the benefits of scrapping the policy would far outweigh the costs.
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