Claim: EU immigrants pay £1.34 in taxes for every £1 they receive in state assistance
Fact-check: Do EU immigrants contribute £1.34 for every £1 received from the UK? - Full Fact
Verdict: research has found this for recent immigrants from other eu countries, but counting those who came before 2000 reduces this figure. this is a difficult thing to measure, and other research has different findings.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-02-24T00:00:00