No I don't. I am well aware that often immigrants get given more in the UK, than a British citizen would in their country.secret.simon wrote:"Reciprocal" can mean different things to different people.
I think PetalTop interprets it to mean as being the same terms on which an EEA (such as Italian) citizen would get the same benefit in the UK.
As you used Italy - they don't have benefits for young single mothers and the parents of those young pregnant girls, are expected to keep them and their grandchild. But if they come to the UK then they will be given single parent benefits from the UK, even though a Brit wouldn't be given that in their country.
Take a retired "family memeber" to Italy and they won't give them benefits and free housing as they expect the EU national to keep their own "family members".
Non-EU. i.e. Australia.
The Brit has to take out health insurance when they visit Australia, but the Australains are given full cover in the UK. I assume that will end when England stops giving free emergency cover to everyone - see the consultation run last December.
Tier 5 Youth Mobily Visa with Australia. The Brit has 12 months only on that visa, has to pay a higher tax rate than the locals, has to buy health insurance, no "national minimum hourly rate" protection. The Australian gets 2 years in the UK, pays the same tax rate as the locals and until recently, got free healthacare and protection with the NMW. They moaned like hell when they were told they would now have to pay £150 per year IHS as the talks the UK had with Australia about the IHS, ended up with their citizens having to pay too.
A lot of immigrants retire to the UK if they can, because they "get given more". Retire to the US and the Brit won't be given free healthcare.
As they give all these "freebies", the UK attracts too many of the wrong sort of immigrant. The UK needs to stop giving all these.