Damascus-Sana
The problem of homelessness in the old continent has turned into a real crisis, as the European Union is struggling to find a radical solution after it has increasingly exacerbated in recent years and has taken a catastrophic turn with the outbreak of the Corona virus throughout Europe and the entry of the economies of a number of countries into a severe recession.
The number of homeless people sleeping in the open in the streets of Europe, according to official statistics, exceeds 700,000, an increase of 70 percent according to the European Parliament over the past ten years. additional.
In an effort to deal with this crisis that is taking an upward trend, especially with the economic stagnation that many European countries are witnessing against the background of the Corona virus and the loss of jobs that could lead to high rates of homelessness, the European Parliament tried last Tuesday to move to find a radical solution to this problem by issuing a decision that was made. Adopted by a majority of 647 votes in which he affirmed the “unstable living conditions of more than 700,000 people facing homelessness every night in Europe” indicating that housing is a fundamental human right and calling on the European Commission and member states at the same time to end homelessness that individuals suffer from. European level by 2030.
Among the recommendations adopted by the European Parliament are to provide equal access to public services such as health care, education and social services, support the integration of displaced persons into the labor market through employment and training programs, ad hoc plans, and provide continuous access to emergency shelters as a last resort.
The problem of homelessness in Europe is comparable to the same crisis in the United States. The economic recession has swept the old continent as a result of the outbreak of the Corona virus, and unemployment rates have risen in an unprecedented way, with the loss of more business due to public closures, while experts in the field of economics expected that this pandemic will lead to the disintegration of the European Union Unless the latter issues permanent bonds to aid its weak members.
Basima Kanon