More than one million migrants are claiming Universal Credit in Britain, latest figures show

More than one million migrants are claiming Universal Credit in Britain, latest figures show
More than a million migrants are now claiming Universal Credit - the majority of whom are unemployed.
New official statistics show the number of foreign nationals receiving the benefit has risen from 883,470 in 2022 to 1.26million last month.
The majority of migrants being paid Universal Credit are not in work - a situation campaigners described as 'unsustainable'.
Today is the first time the immigration status of people claiming Universal Credit has been published following pressure from opposition MPs.
Around four in five (83.6%) of those on the benefit as of last month were British, Irish, or those who live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions.
The next largest group were people with EU Settlement Scheme settled status who have a right to reside in the UK, accounting for 9.7% (770,379), while 2.7% (211,090) of the total had indefinite leave to remain.
Refugees accounted for …