Friday, March 28, 2014

Irma Suffern Blog 7: Poverty in Europe


 

Summary:

A survey taken shows an increase in the number of new poor people in seven different European countries and challenges the official European Union discourse. It is noted that the level of poverty in Europe is far worse than it was before and the levels of poverty is increasing. Children and youth of European countries are more and more introduced to impoverished lives.  Some say the most harm from the poverty that Europe is experiencing is the young graduates from the new poor that are attempting to enter into the labor market. There are people from Cyprus who are searching for food from others and are in desperate need.

 

Response:

                Based on the results shown from the surveys and the new forms of poverty placed on children and youth, Europe is on the downfall. The people of Greece watched helplessly as Europe began to take their economic downturn since 2008. A quote from the article "We in Brussels keep hearing that the economic crisis is over," Thorfinnur Omarsson, a spokesman for Caritas Europa said in Athens where the network of Catholic relief organisations released the report. "These findings not only doubt that the crisis is over but show it is the poor who are paying for a crisis they did not cause.” This explains how the poor people suffer from the ill made decisions of others who most often are rich and will not reap the repercussions.

 

 

Date: March 27, 2014


Title: Europe's economic crisis is getting worse not better, says Caritas report

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