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Swedish Inquiry Rejects Government Calls for Begging Ban as Unnecessary

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A government-appointed inquiry has concluded that there is no need for a national begging ban, despite demands from the Moderates and Sweden Democrats to introduce one.

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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.

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

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Introduced in 18 locations in the municipality

·Stockholm, Sweden
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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 …

— Begging on social networks as a criminal offence The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, strongly denounced the proliferation of begging on social networks, calling it an offence in the same way as begging in public space. Replying to an oral question to Parliament at the beginning of this week, [...]

·Rabat, Morocco
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svt Nyheter broke the news in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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