Under plans announced on Tuesday EU migrants will only be allowed to claim three months of benefits, in a crackdown on what the Prime Minister's describing as the "something for nothing culture".
They'll be eligible for six months of handouts, if they have concrete prospects of getting work.
Founding chairman of think-tank Migration Watch UK, Sir Andrew Green, a Christian agrees immigrants shouldn't continue to draw benefits for an extended period of time, speaking on Premier's 'News Hour', he said "It's a kind of fairness point, I think... that's what the government are trying to address. Ordinary British workers who've contributed to the benefit system all their lives see people who've been here a very short time benefiting indefinately, and they don't like it. I think that is what this is about."
According to the latest Government estimates from the Department of Work and Pensions, only a small percentage of non-UK nationals currently receive handouts from the state.
As at February 2013, only 6.7 per cent of non-UK nationals of working-age UK nationals were claiming a working-age benefit compared to 6.7 per cent of non-UK nationals.
Of the 601,000 foreign nationals who registered for a national insurance number in 2011/12, 35,000 were claiming out-of-work benefits within six months.
In contrast 16.4% of UK nationals claim benefits.
David Cameron's also pledging to limit to 500,000 the number of UK jobs being advertised across the EU through a jobseekers' website, down from 1.1 million jobs currently on offer.
Announcing the new measures, the Prime Minister also took the opportunity to reinforce the Conservative's party's target of reducing net migration to below 100,000 by the time of the next election, from its current level of more than 200,000.
Using stong language, he said: "if you come here illigally we will make it harder for you to have a home, to get a car; to have a job to get a back account. And when we find you, and we will find you we will make sure you are sent back to the country from which you came from."
Labour has described the coalition's record on immigration as a "failure", suggesting "firm action" and less rhetoric was needed.
Shadow spokesperson for Home Affairs Baroness Smith said: "we're not saying its wrong, because I think in the interest of fairness about reducing benefits in that way isn't unreasonable. But to pretent it's going to make a huge difference to immigration numbers is really dishonest and misleading people."
It's claimed the moves will save the British taxpayer half a billion pounds over five years.
Sir Andrew Green, Migration Watch UK: