More than three million children living in France, or one in five, live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF published on Tuesday.
\nThe UN agency devoted to children\u2019s rights revealed that around 30,000 children in France are homeless, while 9,000 live in slums and 140,000 drop out of school each year.
\nIts report said that between 2008 and 2012, an additional 440,000 children under 18 joined the ranks of the poor as their families were hit by the global economic crisis.
\n“Our report is an alarm bell that should encourage authorities to take urgent and more efficient actions to improve the life of every child,” said Mich\u00e8le Barzach, president of UNICEF France.
\nChildren face the brunt of economic inequalities with “disastrous consequences for their future and that of society,” Barzach added.
\nUNICEF also criticized France\u2019s educational system, saying it was only widening the gap between the rich and the poor. It said economic inequalities were exceptionally sharp between mainland France and the country\u2019s overseas territories.<\/p>\n
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