Seems like that will completely solve the problem.
Gaffeltruckeren on
nice. So start begging in sweden and get housed and fed. Ez
Corvus_2 on
Don’t forget to cut the beggers in half
Fry-NOR on
A good start would be to ban foreign nationals from begging.
People travel across Europe to Sweden and Norway to go begging, this organised and big business. This also brings other problems like drugs, human trafficking and theft.
Fine_Mushroom_9488 on
Maybe just ban poor people or something? Are they stupid?
InvertReverse on
Before people overreact: It’s already illegal in Denmark.
DecoupledPilot on
If it weren’t for my experiences on organized begging at large city main stations I would probably find this bad.
But having that experience makes me understand that law well.
Odd_Specialist_8687 on
should be illegal Europe wide
CompanyAltruistic116 on
Interresing
vivaaprimavera on
Does the ban also includes the ones who “work” from an altar?
clawsso on
Please make this EU-wide
Logisticman232 on
We absolutely should fund social services.
Personally against giving to beggars because most times if I offer food to “hungry” people they reject it and want cash instead.
bxzidff on
With a solid enough welfare system this is completely ok. In Norway the beggars who are here legally get a home and food from tax-funded welfare, they don’t have to beg. The beggars who are here illegally should apply to become legal, and will be accepted if they have good reasons, but the ones who currently are begging are “employed” by organized crime from abroad and will naturally not do that. Such organized crime should not be as tolerated by authorities as it has been so far. However, it would probably be better to go after the middle men imo.
eroica1804 on
Good. Next step would be making sleeping on the streets or public property illegal, or actually start enforcing the rules which are probably already on the books.
Svullom on
A vast majority of beggars are part of criminal gangs.
This law is very welcome. There are beggars outside literally every supermarket here in Sweden, even in small towns.
Aranthos-Faroth on
This is good, it will stop the horrible organised begging syndicates from Romania.
At the start of summer, almost like clockwork, suddenly there are elderly Roma sitting outside every ICA, Coop and train station looking rightfully miserable.
And a filthy looking man watching not too far away.
humanbananareferee on
It is also banned in Turkey, but the only sanction is a small fine. That’s why it is still widespread.
Vakowski2 on
Then give them all jobs??
Healthy-Locksmith734 on
Does this include your own kids?
pashtedot on
Is it hard to becole legal if you’re illegally in sweden? What are the corner cases?
AsshollishAsshole on
So once I click on “no” on some ad for premium service it will be illegal to show it again?
Environmental-Owl-12 on
I find it’s much easier to just give the beggers counterfeit money. Costs me a lot less than normal and if the beggers gets lucky they’ll get an all expense trip to jail 🙂
therebirthofmichael on
It’s illegal in Greece as well. Begging nowadays is organised and unfortunately many children are exploited this way
Canuckleball on
I accidentally read this as pegging and was very confused.
fidebeque on
I live in Lisbon, Portugal and use public transportation several times a day . Everyday someone approaches me asking for money. I feel that I can’t be in peace !
Ksorkrax on
Combine this with a social system in which people can easily acquire food, a bed, and other necessities, plus support for finding a job, and I’m all in for it.
svxae on
It’s mostly gypsies from Bulgaria and Romania.
Darkside_of_the_Poon on
I misread that as “Pegging” at first. I was thinking wow! How much pegging are the Swedes doing right now?
General-Customer-550 on
If you are relatively healthy, you can work, begging is a lame ass excuse to be lazy…
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Seems like that will completely solve the problem.
nice. So start begging in sweden and get housed and fed. Ez
Don’t forget to cut the beggers in half
A good start would be to ban foreign nationals from begging.
People travel across Europe to Sweden and Norway to go begging, this organised and big business. This also brings other problems like drugs, human trafficking and theft.
Maybe just ban poor people or something? Are they stupid?
Before people overreact: It’s already illegal in Denmark.
If it weren’t for my experiences on organized begging at large city main stations I would probably find this bad.
But having that experience makes me understand that law well.
should be illegal Europe wide
Interresing
Does the ban also includes the ones who “work” from an altar?
Please make this EU-wide
We absolutely should fund social services.
Personally against giving to beggars because most times if I offer food to “hungry” people they reject it and want cash instead.
With a solid enough welfare system this is completely ok. In Norway the beggars who are here legally get a home and food from tax-funded welfare, they don’t have to beg. The beggars who are here illegally should apply to become legal, and will be accepted if they have good reasons, but the ones who currently are begging are “employed” by organized crime from abroad and will naturally not do that. Such organized crime should not be as tolerated by authorities as it has been so far. However, it would probably be better to go after the middle men imo.
Good. Next step would be making sleeping on the streets or public property illegal, or actually start enforcing the rules which are probably already on the books.
A vast majority of beggars are part of criminal gangs.
This law is very welcome. There are beggars outside literally every supermarket here in Sweden, even in small towns.
This is good, it will stop the horrible organised begging syndicates from Romania.
At the start of summer, almost like clockwork, suddenly there are elderly Roma sitting outside every ICA, Coop and train station looking rightfully miserable.
And a filthy looking man watching not too far away.
It is also banned in Turkey, but the only sanction is a small fine. That’s why it is still widespread.
Then give them all jobs??
Does this include your own kids?
Is it hard to becole legal if you’re illegally in sweden? What are the corner cases?
So once I click on “no” on some ad for premium service it will be illegal to show it again?
I find it’s much easier to just give the beggers counterfeit money. Costs me a lot less than normal and if the beggers gets lucky they’ll get an all expense trip to jail 🙂
It’s illegal in Greece as well. Begging nowadays is organised and unfortunately many children are exploited this way
I accidentally read this as pegging and was very confused.
I live in Lisbon, Portugal and use public transportation several times a day . Everyday someone approaches me asking for money. I feel that I can’t be in peace !
Combine this with a social system in which people can easily acquire food, a bed, and other necessities, plus support for finding a job, and I’m all in for it.
It’s mostly gypsies from Bulgaria and Romania.
I misread that as “Pegging” at first. I was thinking wow! How much pegging are the Swedes doing right now?
If you are relatively healthy, you can work, begging is a lame ass excuse to be lazy…
Go ask Luxembourg how that’s going for them.