Fighting back: Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has accused Britain of stigmatising Poles who send child benefit home Poland's foreign minister has lambasted David Cameron for saying European migrants should be banned from sending their child benefits back home. Radoslaw Sikorski accused the Prime Minister of ‘stigmatising’ Poles by singling out the nation’s migrant workers in comments about his proposals to reform EU welfare rules. Mr Sikorski said: ‘If Britain gets our taxpayers, shouldn’t it also pay their benefits? Why should Polish taxpayers subsidise British taxpayers’ children?’ Mr Cameron had said it was ‘wrong’ child benefit is paid to support workers’ families who remain in their home countries.
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Cameron said it is wrong European workers in UK can send benefits home
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He singled out Poland where two thirds of all child benefit is sent back
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Deal would need to be struck with other EU countries or secure new treaty
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Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski tweeted: 'No need to stigmatise'
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