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Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) – Geneva police have told beggars for the past two months to stop asking for handouts, in line with tighter laws that went into effect in January. They have not, however, been able to collect fines on the spot. As of Monday 7 April, this has changed, with a hole in the regulations filled that now allows police to collect begging fines directly and immediately from a beggar’s take. According to the Tribune, there are only one-fourth as many beggars, mainly from Romania, as there were in the autumn of 2007, but the underlying problems, in particular with Roms, remain. Background: GenevaLunch, "Growing number of beggars in Geneva begs solution, city decides," 10 October 2007

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 8 April 2008 at 8:26 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 April 2008.

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    [...] in 2007 thanks to a loophole in the law but by April 2008 the law was changed and police began to collect fines from beggars. In May 2008 a Swiss high court judge ruled that begging is not a right and in the interest of [...]

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