Unemployment 30mn higher than before crisis: ILO
- Published: 12 Oct 2012 at 11.49
- Online news: World
There are now 30 million more people without jobs around the world than before the global financial crisis began, the head of the International Labour Organization said in remarks published Friday.
File photo shows demonstrators marching in Madrid to protest austerity cuts. There are now 30 million more people without jobs around the world than before the global financial crisis began, the head of the International Labour Organization said in remarks published Friday
The figures come amid a growing debate over the merits of austerity, especially in Europe, where painful budget-cutting has pushed jobless levels as high as 25 percent in some countries, including debt-hit Greece and Spain.
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