[mahyarm]

There is also a the income : cost of living balance and barriers of language & culture.

Another thing I wonder if they can take advantage of welfare? Can a polish person get UK welfare and NHS services indefinitely if they just move there?

[kspaans]

As a Canadian living in the UK on a temporary work visa I get to vote (LOL THE QUEEN IS ON THE LOONIE), and am served by the NHS for emergency stuff but my visa says "no recourse to public funds" which I'm pretty sure means I don't get things like disability benefit.

Pensions on the other hand, I'm not sure about. I'm getting tax relief for my pension contributions, but maybe there will be a withholding tax if I leave without naturalising.

[falsestprophet]

European Union citizens who are habitually resident in another EU country are entitled to receive welfare benefits. (The current UK government wants to renegotiate this arrangement.)

[reitanqild]

Were I live this is being debated: People can come here, have kids and move back and have significant amounts of money thrown back at them over the border.

[humbertomn]

At the time, after registering in, they could not claim welfare benefits for two years.