According to the study, recently published by Caritas Europa, one in four people in Italy is at the risk of poverty or social exclusion.<\/p>\n
Caritas Europa, an umbrella group for the national Catholic Caritas charities that run kitchens and shelters for homeless people, added that Italy is one of the seven EU countries suffering from high poverty risk, along with Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania.<\/p>\n
The worsening economic situation has also led to a rise in the unemployment rate among Italians, which now stands at around 13 percent, with more people seeking help from charities such as Caritas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is an increasing number of Italians who seek a meal a shelter\u2026 many of them are very young unfortunately. Some are in their 50s – too old to be reinserted in the labor force,\u201d Mario Urbinati from Caritas Italiana told Press TV, adding, \u201cBut what worries me the most is the fact that entire families often come to see us to get a meal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maria Soldati, a veteran social worker in Rome, also noted that the situation in Italy has \u201cworsened big time,\u201d expressing concern over the future of the country\u2019s younger generation.<\/p>\n
Italy\u2019s national statistics agency Istat, meanwhile, in a separate study that is based on 2013 data warned that almost one in four Italian households is facing economic woes.<\/p>\n
Over the past decade, Italy has been the slowest-growing economy in the eurozone as tough austerity measures, including spending cuts and pension reforms, have stirred serious concerns for many people in the country.<\/p>\n
Italians have been staging protests against high unemployment, economic adversity and hardship over the government-imposed austerity packages in recent years\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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