Over one in four children in the
European Union are at risk of poverty or social exclusion as a
result of the economic crisis, Save the Children said in a
report published Tuesday.
Between 2008 and 2012 the number of minors threatened by
poverty across the 28-member union rose by one million to 27
million, or 28% of the total, the international children's
advocacy organisation said.
The number rose by 500,000 between 2011 and 2012 alone.
In Italy 33.8% of children were deemed at risk, compared to
between 12% and 19% in northern European countries.
In Greece, Hungary and Latvia the percentage of at-risk
children ranged between 35% and 41%, while in Romania and
Bulgaria it rose to 52%.
The report, commissioned in view of European parliamentary
elections on May 25, blamed the economic crisis and poor
distribution of resources for the rise in child poverty.
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