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EU citizens will have up to six months to find a job in Germany or return home. (Photo: Stephan Mosel)

Germany to ban EU citizens who abuse welfare system

The German government on Wednesday (27 August) approved draft legislation aimed at curbing 'welfare abuse' by other EU citizens coming to the country.

"Freedom of movement is an indispensable element of European integration, which we fully support. But we must not close our eyes to the problems linked to it," German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a press conference when presenting the bill and a

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