A report issued by the European Union's statistics office shows nearly a quarter of the European population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Over 124 million people in the European Union – or almost a quarter of its entire population - live under the threat of poverty or social exclusion.
Last year, 124.5 million people, or 24.8 percent of Europe’s population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 24.3 percent in 2011 and 23.7 percent in 2008, the Eurostat said in a document published earlier in the week.
