2023-05-30 04:22:01
” We must act “. After the fight against tax evasion, the government is tackling the fight against social fraud. “The Court of Auditors has assessed, overall, between 6 and 8 billion euros per year all social fraud”, explains the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal to Parisian.
The former spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron presented his plan on Tuesday to fight against social fraud, in particular that concerning people residing abroad.
3 more months for family allowances, one more month for APL
From July 1, there will no longer be any payment of social allowances to foreign bank accounts, the minister announced. “I want to strengthen the residence condition to benefit from social allowances in France,” he continued.
As mentioned at the beginning of March, the government wishes above all to increase the duration of residence on French soil for all social minima and social allowances.
“Today, to benefit from family allowances or the minimum old age, you have to spend six months of the year in France, eight months to receive the APL and nine months for the RSA and the activity bonus. From now on, to receive any social assistance, it will be necessary to reside nine months in France per year”, formalizes the Minister of Public Accounts.
Analyzing airline data?
To achieve control of these movements, the Minister of Public Accounts would like social protection bodies to be able to use data from the PNR file (Passenger Name Record, Ed), this personal data from airlines on travellers’ journeys, provided that the Cnil validates the legality of this process.
The aim is to “know in case of doubt whether a person really resides in France or spends more time abroad. (…) The texts allow it. It is a regulatory measure, so it can go quite quickly, ”assures Gabriel Attal.
And abroad ?
In Germany as in Spain, to benefit from social benefits such as family allowances or housing assistance, you must have a ” habitual residence ” in the country. In Italy, to benefit from the basic income, only Italians who have been living in the country for at least two years and foreigners who have been legally living in the country for ten years can claim it.
Au Denmark, you must have resided for a total of seven years during the last eight years to receive financial assistance. In Austria, it is necessary to legally reside in the country for more than 5 years to benefit from the guaranteed minimum income. As for the Netherlands, it suffices to “legally reside” in the territory to obtain a social benefit.
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