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Inside Europe: Poverty in Palermo

Angelo van Schaik
September 1, 2017

Poverty is on the rise in Italy. It's been fuelled by the economic crisis, especially in the south of the country. According to the Italian institute of statistics a third of Italians are at risk of poverty, in the south it’s almost 50%. Large families are particularly vulnerable. Our reporter Angelo van Schaik visited a family of 15 in Palermo, Sicily.

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