Caritas Europa’s Crisis Monitoring Report 2015

According to a report published by Caritas Europa in February 2015, more than a third of the population in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Latvia and Hungary were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Figures also showed that in half of the European Union's 28 member states, at least one in three children live in poverty.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Charity documents 'human cost' of EU austerity http://www.europeansources.info/record/charity-documents-human-cost-of-eu-austerity/

EurActiv, 20.02.15: Alarming report reveals rampant poverty across Europe http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/alarming-report-reveals-rampant-poverty-across-europe-312264

ESO: Background information: Poverty risk, inequality and social exclusion http://www.europeansources.info/record/poverty-risk-inequality-and-social-exclusion/

Website: European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) http://www.eapn.eu/en

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