The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the … European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for 2007, we find very little evidence that immigrants are indeed more …

welfare access by migrants or further tighten migration policies. Are there politically feasible alternatives to these two … migrants more likely to draw on welfare in the countries with the most generous welfare state. Moreover, redistribution does … not find much support among those who are in favour of immigration. A way out of the migration into the welfare state …