Arnold Sube was living off the taxpayer within months of coming to the UK

He had spent his £15,000 of savings on private rent soon after arriving

The 33-year-old dad-of-eight is baffled by the skepticism about his family

He answered 'you never know' when asked about having more children

Their family has already received substantial amount in benefits

A French migrant who scoffed at the offer of a five-bedroom house has refused to rule out adding to the eight children who have already helped him claim more than £100,000 in benefits.

Arnold Sube is looking to move out of the three-bedroom property where he is currently residing in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, having blown his £15,000 savings on private rent within a few weeks of arriving.

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He had initially been renting privately after moving from Paris to study mental health nursing but had his £1,278-per-month rent covered by the local council as soon as he had lived here for the required three-month period.

Arnold Mballe Sube and his wife Jeanne, both 33, currently share their three-bedroom, end-of-terrace home in Milton Keynes with their eight young children but describe it as 'terrible'

One of the houses the family turned down was a £250,000 terraced three-storey townhouse in Luton

Luton Borough Council has offered him several five-bedroom properties, but the 33-year-old is holding out for more, despite threats that he might be made homeless if he does not accept an offer soon.

He told The Star: 'I came with £15,000 and I paid by myself but after a few months I applied for a house on benefits.

'I love working. I have been working for the last 13 years. My intention was just to live and study while my family were still in France but my wife couldn’t do it.'

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Their current home: The family complain they are living in overcrowded conditions with a lack of storage

The main bedroom Arnold Mballe Sube and his wife Jeanne, 33, share with their baby

HANDOUTS FOR FAMILY It is not clear exactly what benefits the family claim, but as EU citizens they would be entitled to up to £25,000 a year in handouts while receiving housing benefit. In their home they have flatscreen televisions, games consoles and a Sky HD box. They have received hand-outs in the last 12 months, including: £44,000 in housing and child benefits, child tax credits and NHS course payments worth £27,000 £38,400 four-month hotel stay

Mr Sube also refused to rule out adding to his family - which already consists of wife Jeanne and children Mejane, 16, 13-year-olds Fabian and Analia, Prosper, 10, Dylan, nine, six-year-old twins Sharon and Stacy, and three-week-old Mary - saying 'you never know.'

The former warehouse worker does not understand why many Brits look down on him, and claims the French would be very welcoming of incoming UK families, as all his kids will have jobs and pay taxes when they grow up.

'I want to make a contribution to society. I don’t like lazy people. My dad told me to work hard,' he added in the Star interview by Charles Wade-Palmer.

The NHS funds the annual £9,000 cost of his three-year degree.

Despite their current cramped conditions, the Subes rejected the larger house due to its lack of space

One of the bedrooms in their Luton home

Due to the size of their family, there is very little floor space left in the Sube family home

The family received more than £100,000 last year in benefits and while they waited to move into their current home Luton Borough Council housed them for almost four months at the town's £160-per-night Hampton by Hilton hotel.

However, Luton Borough Council this week issued an ultimatum to the couple - either they accept a formal offer of another available four or five bedroom property or make themselves 'intentionally homeless'.

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They will then be required to find their own home again through the private rental market.