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英国移民获得福利前前要通过英语能力测试 Migrants to the UK are to be quizzed about their English skills before being able to claim income-related benefits, the government has announced. 英国政府发表声明：英国的移民在获得与收入相关的津贴之前需要通过英语能力测试。 ? In a move to protect the integrity of the benefits system, people will also be asked what efforts they have made to find work before coming to Britain. ? Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said people should not be able to take advantage of British benefits. ? Job centres in England, Scotland and Wales will use the more robust test. ? The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the test would ensure only migrants who have a legal right to be in Britain and plan to contribute to this country can make a claim for benefits. ? For the first time, migrants will be quizzed about what efforts they have made to find work before coming to the UK and whether their English language skills will be a barrier to them finding employment, the DWP said in a statement. ? Income-related benefits include council tax benefit, housing benefit, income-based jobseekers allowance and pension credit. ? Mr Duncan Smith said British people were rightly concerned that migrants should contribute to the economy and should not be drawn here by the attractiveness of our benefits system. ? It is vitally important that we have strict rules in place to protect the integrity of our benefits system, he said. ? He said the new test would help create a fair system which provided for genuine workers and jobseekers but does not allow people to come to our country and take advantage. ? To claim the benefits, migrants will have to pass a habitual residence test including more than 100 extra questions compared to now. ? This will be overseen by an intelligent IT system which will ensure questions are tailored to each individual claimant（原告，索赔人）. ? Migrants will be allowed to claim benefits if they can prove they are legally allowed to be in Britain and are habitually resident the country. ?