By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:30 EST, 14 February 2014 | UPDATED: 11:51 EST, 14 February 2014 Tim Hall has been refused benefits after he travelled abroad for a four-month internship to improve has career prospects A budding filmmaker who has lived in Britain almost all his life has been refused benefits because he travelled abroad for a four-month internship. Tim Hall, 26, travelled to Brussels last autumn for a course to build on his skills and improve his career prospects. But he has been stung by new rules aimed at preventing EU migrants from taking advantage of the benefits system.
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Tim Hall travelled to Brussels last year for a four-month internship
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He tried to apply for Jobseekers' Allowance upon return but was denied it
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He was told 'for benefits purposes only, you're not considered to be habitually resident in the UK'
Previously, EU migrants had been able to start claiming @placeholder and other benefits within weeks of arriving – prompting concern that some people are arriving, signing on and only then looking for work.