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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11202

22 November 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Migrants twice as much at risk of poverty

Brussels, 21/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - Citizens from non-EU countries were twice as likely as nationals to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013, according to a report published by Eurostat on Friday 21 November.

Indeed, figures show that in the EU in 2013 nearly half (48.7%) of non-EU citizens aged 18 and over were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, while the levels for citizens of the reporting country, referred to as “nationals”, and for citizens of another EU member...