Greece’s fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe and the government is planning in May to unveil new measures to address the problem
A man walks pasts schoolchildren from nearby villages waiting to be escorted to the primary school, which serves 17 villages, in the village of Dikaia. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters
An abandoned basketball court in the village of Marasia, on the Greek side of the Greece-Turkey border. Greece’s fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe, so the government is planning in May to unveil new policies to boost birthrates, such as cash benefits for families, affordable housing for young people, financial incentives for assisted reproduction, and incorporating migrants into the workforce. The full size and cost of the measures is unclear.
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