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More than 2.1 million Belgians – and nearly four in 10 Brussels residents – are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to new figures from statistics agency Statbel.
One in six children in Belgium is living in poverty, according to the latest report by Unicef's Innocenti global research and foresight office.
An estimated 21% of children in Brussels are living in poverty, according to a study conducted at the request of the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF).
There are nearly a fifth more homeless people in Brussels than three years ago, a new census of the displaced population in the Belgian capital has revealed.
The Belgian branch of food aid organisation Les Restos du Coeur has announced a "sad milestone" of a record number of meals served to needy families last year.
Food banks across Belgium say they are being overwhelmed by an increase in demand from people struggling to make ends meet.
More than a million Belgians are living in a state of material and social deprivation, according to a new survey on income and living conditions for carried out by Statbel, the Belgian statistics
Neighbourhoods with the lowest average incomes and those with the highest proportion of people of non-European origin are more sensitive to high temperatures, according to data analysed by De Tijd
