May 15, 2015
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More than 1/3 of the population in five EU Member States (Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain) are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Caritas Europa published a Crisis Monitoring Report 2015, titled Poverty and Inequalities on the rise, with a special focus on Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain. After over 6 years of economic crisis, poor people are still paying for a crisis they did not cause, and the poor are getting poorer. Poverty and inequalities are increasing in Europe with 123 million EU citizens living in poverty, almost 1 in 4. More than 1/3 of the population in five EU Member States are at risk of poverty or social exclusion (i.e. Bulgaria 48%, Romania 40.4%, Greece 35.7%, Latvia 35.1%, and Hungary 33.5%). In-work poverty has also risen.
English: http://www.caritas.eu/sites/default/files/caritascrisisreport_2015_en_final.pdf
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