According to an economic report, published on Friday by the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, the number of children threatened by poverty in Germany rose by around 200,000 between 2010 and 2015. Two years ago 20% of children in Germany were threatened by poverty, constituting a rise of 1.5 percentage points over five years. Among children who arrived in Germany as migrants, the risk of living in poverty rose from 36% to 49% during the time period in question. Meanwhile the fraction of children without a migratory background threatened by poverty remained at a constant of around 13% since 2010. Alongside families with a migratory background, single parent homes are a group which also commonly struggle to meet living costs, with around half of children from a single parent household at risk.

Source: The Local September 18, 2017 14:04 UTC