Swedish Inquiry Rejects Government Calls for Begging Ban as Unnecessary

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A national begging ban is not needed, according to the government's special investigator Krister Thelin. "Local bans are sufficient," Thelin said at a press conference on Monday. The issue has been a prominent point in the Tidö Agreement but has divided the parties.

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New investigation anticlimax. Government investigator Krister Thelin does not want to see a national ban.

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According to the government's investigators, a national ban on begging is not needed. Especially since begging has decreased significantly. But just because of that, there is no reason not to curb an undesirable phenomenon at the national level.

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While begging in Vienna is allowed in public spaces per se, Vienna's lines and ÖBB have their own house rules. My district asked how the two Öffi companies deal specifically with the sensitive issue. VIENNA. The subject of begging is generally a very difficult one. Every year the debate about it germinates again: mostly it is relief organizations and the church ("Begging is a human right") on the one hand, the authorities on the other. Whatever …