67% of foreign-born residents of Sweden are receiving social benefits according to The Local:
Two thirds of the people in Sweden relying long term on social benefits have a foreign background, while child poverty in the same group is becoming more and more serious, according to new reports.
”It is a real problem that poverty in Sweden has taken on an ethnic dimension,” said Björn Halleröd, sociology professor at Gothenburg university, to dail Dagens Nyheter (DN).
The report published in the paper revealed that 67 percent of those on long term benefits were born overseas, with unemployment being the main cause.
Using statistics from 2010, of the 117, 000 people on long term benefits, (defined in this case as over 10 months), 78,000 were from foreign countries.
Meanwhile the charity Save the Children has also flagged the problem of child poverty in Sweden.
In a recent survey carried out by the organisation, child poverty is markedly over-represented among those from a foreign background whose parents are unemployed.
I wonder what percentage it is in the US. Does anyone know?
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