Rough sleeping in Hungary will be banned from Monday when the government’s law on homelessness comes into force, with the police given the power to remove homeless people from the streets and destroy any shelters they might have built. Experts say Hungary has at least 20,000 people sleeping rough with only an estimated 11,000 places in state-run shelters.
A ban on rough sleeping in public areas comes into force in Hungary. Despite international criticism of the law, the Hungarian government says it is in the "interests of society as a whole".