Brussels, 04/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - The number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union rose significantly in 2011. Currently the figure stands at 24.2% of the population of the EU after remaining stable at 23.4% in 2008 and 23.5% in 2010, reveal figures published by Eurostat, the EU statistical office on Monday 3 December.
Exclusion can take any of three different forms. These are the risks of: poverty; finding oneself in a situation of severe material...