Dagilyte, Egle and Greenfields, Margaret (2016) United Kingdom welfare benefit reforms in 2013-2014: Roma between the pillory, the precipice and the slippery slope. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 37 (4). pp. 476-495. ISSN 1469-9621
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The 2013–2014 welfare benefits reform, which continues to undergo post-2015 election changes today, has introduced a dramatic reduction of welfare rights for European Union (EU) citizens. A particularly vulnerable and often discriminated group of these migrants are the Roma, who today come to the UK as economic migrants. This article presents preliminary findings from an on-going research study that investigates the impact these changes had on UK-resident EU/European Economic Area (EEA) Roma migrants and their families, in particular focusing on the Income-Based Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit. The findings indicate that claiming these welfare benefits can be a daunting process for this migrant group, and refusal of a claim may raise further investigations about their right to reside. This, we observe, is the result of institutional anti-immigration agenda that trickles down from the political elite to administrative bodies assessing welfare benefits claims.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Welfare benefits reform, EU migration, European Union citizenship, Roma, Discrimination |
| Faculty: | ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Egle Dagilyte |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2018 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2021 16:14 |
| URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/703094 |
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