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Cáritas highlights the issue of poverty that is often overlooked in statistics, focusing on vulnerable groups such as those with lower education levels, single-parent families, individuals with disabilities, and immigrants who face challenges in the labor market.
New data from Portugal's Survey on Living Conditions and Income show one region has the country's highest incidence of monetary poverty, with 17.9% of residents living below the poverty threshold. Analysts and local actors attribute the rise to a combination of state neglect, insufficient social-protection measures, the growth of precarious immigration and unstable work, and wider cost-of-living pressures — factors that together depress incomes and worsen social indicators. The figures point to a need for targeted regional policies on social security, employment quality and integration to reverse the trend.
