BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government presented a draft law on Wednesday to clamp down on "welfare tourists" from European Union countries by expelling fraudsters who abuse its generous social system and block their return for up to five years.
The two ministers who presented the law said that the new rules, designed to give relief to communities stretched by an influx of Romanians and Bulgarians arriving in Germany, would not hinder free movement in the EU nor violate EU rules.
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