Tag: poverty
Parish in Spain’s Mallorca will provide rooms for people unable to pay rent
The Mare de Deu de Montserrat Parish in Palma want to renovate classrooms in their building in order to accommodate those in financial difficulty
More than 700,000 people in Spain will be forced into poverty due to coronavirus, according to Oxfam
THE coronavirus crisis will force more than 700,000 people in Spain into poverty, a new report has found.
UN expert calls for Spain’s minimum income plan to be extended to combat poverty and inequality
A UN expert has called on Spain to extend its new minimum income scheme to more people. Olivier De...
Study finds 23% of elderly in Spain’s Andalucia are at risk of poverty, compared to 6.3% in the Basque...
The survey considered ‘elders’ to be those aged 65 and above.
POVERTY STRICKEN: Andalucia provinces fill top spots in Spain’s latest poverty assessment
CORDOBA has the highest amount of people living in chronic poverty. According to a new ranking by the AIS Group, 45.2% of Cordoba live below...
Almost 50% of children in Sevilla live in poverty as Andalucia left behind by economic growth
POVERTY rates in Andalucia are the same as they were at the height of the crisis. In Sevilla, 40% of children are still living in...
Economic recovery in Spain failing to reach wage earners as poverty increases
Poverty has increased in the country despite its solid performance
Spain slammed by European Commission for inequality levels
Levels of poverty, inequality and social exclusion are ‘among the highest in the EU’, according to the European Commission’s Spain 2017 Report
Spain’s richest 10% hold more than half the country’s wealth
New Bank of Spain figures show the wealthiest tenth of Spanish households hold 52.8% of the country’s wealth
Homeless man has to be rescued from bin in Spain after becoming trapped
Officers at the scene were unable to free the man
More than 12% of Spanish workers at risk of poverty and social exclusion
The overall risk of poverty rate in Spain is 22.2 %
Educating the world
International Development Specialist Brad L. Brasseur reports on the battle to bridge an education gap that is condemning third world citizens to a life sentence of poverty
Spain’s ten poorest towns all in the south, says new report
Spain's geographical wealth divide is starkly illustrated in a new report
Torrevieja: The poorest city in Spain?
Expats, tourists, and a seasonal economy may distort statistics on Torrevieja
Child poverty rises in Andalucia
The number of children living in poverty in Spain has grown by 8% since the economic crisis began in 2008
Spanish government under fire for failing poverty-stricken children
Planned funds are just 0.18% of what is really needed
New Spanish poverty map reveals grim reality behind official stats
Ground-breaking poverty research takes into account the cost of living
Andalucia poorest region in Spain
About 40% of the population lives below the line of poverty in the autonomous region
Austerity will harm Spanish children
Cuts in welfare, health and education have left some children homeless and malnourished
‘Robin Hood’ gang in supermarket raid
Group shoplift school equipment for distribution to poor students.
Socialists call for €1 billion poverty fund in Spain
Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba says poverty is a 'national emergency' in Spain
Hundreds collect free food in Sabinillas
The hard-up and hungry were given free milk, rice, lentils and fruit juice in the first of a series of giveaways
Taking a bird’s-eye view of hawkers on the Costa del Sol
Hawkers on the Costa del Sol often come from a background of hardship and poverty
Third of Andalucia lives in poverty
A Caritas study deemed poverty in Spain to be more chronic than ever before
Living not so easy in Spain
Over a fifth of Spaniards are living below the poverty line
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