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Human cost of Europe's economic crisis

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    Food bank reliance doubles in United Kingdom

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Take you overseas now many European countries are struggling to come out of -- recession we've heard a lot of talk about a austerity cats and bail -- And while we'll continue to talk about.

The dollar and cents of all of this we also wanna talk about human cost of the economic crisis Amy Kellogg is live like this morning -- any.

That -- sometimes we get over and overwhelmed all the numbers and statistics that really.

The human cost of this as we as we fear that maybe some countries will start leaving the year out the human cost of this crisis is already very dramatic.

Here in the United Kingdom already Jenna and a double dip recession the number of people reliant on food banks to feed themselves doubled in the last year and to meet that demand.

A new food bank opens in this country every week.

-- the -- since the neighborhoods is vital because there are people going without food now -- -- in this country who need our help.

It's often for people who were recently gainfully employed until recently like this man who had a successful construction company.

Until things suddenly dried up a recent survey shows one in five people in this country borrowing money to buy food.

People say the slide into desperation can be very quick.

Because virtually dried up I didn't it joint -- you know -- to -- You know you suddenly gone from kind of concussion happened for me you know kind of pop a few days -- difference.

And you realize second I'm -- -- I think you raise the -- -- and -- drink.

And in Italy entering its third quarter of negative GDP this story has been even more dramatic recently.

There's been a rash of what's called austerity suicide.

This man burned himself outside the tax offices in Italy barely -- day in that country goes by without a suicide or massive media focus on the suicide story.

Because it's all been very public last week people hung effigies -- presenting some of those suicide victims and hung them off a bridge in round Jana.

A recent study at the university of -- finds.

That one in four Italian children.

Is that is at risk of entering into poverty.

-- that really brings a story home Amy thank you very much in the -- like him.

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