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Inside Europe: Hungary bans homelessness

Stefan Bos
October 19, 2018

A law has come into force in Hungary that effectively bans homelessness, despite an international outcry. Sleeping rough had already been made a finable offense there in 2013. But now the police have more powers to detain people and even destroy their personal belongings. The legislation will impact thousands of people. Stefan Bos reports from Budapest.

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