Spanish child poverty grows

Quarter of Spanish children at risk of poverty according to Unicef and the children of the offspring of immigrants as 'especially vulnerable'.

The report thus places Spain among the countries with the highest juvenile poverty rate among the 27 countries of the EU, with only Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Italy in worse condition.

"Being a poor child in Spain doesn't mean going hungry, but malnutrition is a definite possibility; it doesn't mean having no access to education, but it does mean having trouble paying the expenses and dropping out of school at an earlier age; it doesn't mean not being able to see a doctor, but paying for some treatments is a problem," Unicef's Marta Arias said.