Some 10, 000 people in Budapest are now criminals under a new law in Hungary that outlaws being homeless. From The BBC:
A new legal regulation has come into force in Hungary making homelessness punishable by a fine of around $600 or prison.
MPs from the ruling conservative party proposed the regulation, on the grounds that Budapest could not cope with the large number of people on the streets.
Critics, including charities for the homeless, say it is unenforceable and that hostels lack sufficient places.
The new law has already received strong criticism from human rights groups, homeless charities and the deputy head of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, Miklos Vecsei, who responded by saying the law “had not been passed on the basis of any rational or professional criteria but because the public were fed up with the homeless,” according to the BBC.
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