returning to Europe<\/a> can claim hundreds of pounds from the British taxpayer to support their job hunt, despite not searching for work in the UK.<\/p>\nThousands of Poles have left Britain since Brexit, with many returning home to enjoy their country\u2019s growing economic fortunes.<\/p>\n
Poland is attempting to lure back citizens and professionals to sustain an extraordinary period of economic growth that has narrowed the income gap with rival Western economies and reversed a sustained period of emigration \u2013 in particular to Britain, after Poland joined the EU.<\/p>\n
The Powroty website says: \u201cThe UK unemployment benefit is higher than the equivalent benefit paid in Poland. It\u2019s important to apply for it before leaving. Once you return to Poland, you won\u2019t be able to start the benefits process.\u201d<\/p>\n
Step-by-step instructions<\/p>\n
The site, available in English and Polish, provides step-by-step instructions on how to claim UK benefits and transfer them to Poland.<\/p>\n
MPs have called the guidance \u201coutrageous\u201d, saying it proves that the UK has become an international \u201claughing stock\u201d.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Government appeared to criticise Poland, saying Brexit benefit rules should not be treated as a \u201cmechanism to maximise claims on British taxpayers\u201d.<\/p>\n
Poland has hit back at the accusation, saying Polish citizens were leaving Britain for \u201cattractive job opportunities; the fact that the Polish economy has seen uninterrupted and dynamic economic growth over the past 28 years; the possibility of living and working among friends and family; and a high level of public safety\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Polish government has told its citizens to cash in on British benefits before returning home. Advice published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9884,9883,1004,9885,9,1577,4591],"class_list":["post-14285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-benefit","tag-consumer-affairs","tag-immigration","tag-money","tag-poland","tag-standard","tag-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}