A UN poverty expert will spell out his blunt warning in a speech to European politicians. The double crises of the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation, he will say, are expected to cause an additional 75-95 million people to fall into poverty this year alone.
A poverty and human rights expert has warned governments across the world to increase benefits and wages in line with inflation - or"lives will be lost".
Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, says the most vulnerable are"paying the price" of world events. In a stark address on Monday at a Council of Europe event in Strasbourg, France, he will say:"It is not hyperbole to say that unless governments increase benefits and wages in line with inflation, lives will be lost.
"Whether in Europe, where inflation has hit a record high of 10%, or sub-Saharan Africa where food prices have surged by nearly 24%, household budgets across the world are being stretched beyond breaking point, meaning even more people in poverty will starve or freeze this winter, unless immediate action is taken to increase their income."
Mr De Schutter will also say the crises of the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation are expected to cause an additional 75-95 million people to
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