Hungary's constitution makes street homelessness a crime

The new rule came into effect on Monday, banned "permanent residence in public place", gave the police authority to remove the rough sleepers, and confiscate their belongings from the street.

According to Article 22 of the revised Constitution, homeless people who refuse to go to evacuation centers are obliged to participate in public work plans and can only be avoided if they pay a fine. If they can not pay the fine, they will face them when they are imprisoned.

State Minister for AttoraFülöp for social problems and comprehension said on Saturday that the law "is compatible with the interests of society as a whole" and "sufficient for an institution that takes care of homelessness."

But critics say the law is part of the crackdown on the most vulnerable people in the country by Prime Minister Victoria Orban in Hungary.

When the legislation passed Congress for the first time in June, Lelani Faha, the UN Special Rapporteur on the appropriate housing, said it was "cruel, inhumane, downgraded to homeless and non-adiabatic" Said. Concerns about treatment, and the government said "people without family members were considered criminals."

Mr. Faha presumes that there is not enough emergency evacuation shelter to accommodate the homeless population in Hungary, estimated to be more than 10,000 people.

According to a recent FEANTSA survey, the European Union Organization cooperated with homeless people and about a third of the 10,206 homeless people studied in 2016 were asleep.

According to data provided by Finnish social workers and NGOs to FEANSTA, some homeless people said they would rather sleep on the street and want to overcrowd in the space of domestic homeless shelters. Lack of quality service and accessibility issues as drivers. Work with homeless people

These workers say the law effectively emphasizes the ability to make homeless people criminal and build trust with their customers and support long-term solutions. Instead, they are obliged to implement government policies to regulate homeless people on the street.

"Organizations that support homeless and homeless street workers in Hungary are required to participate in the implementation of actual criminal acts, when opposing NGOs to prevent the Orban regime from expressing dissatisfaction with NGOs right"

"This is in conflict with their social work spirit, which is based on acceptance of voluntary assistance by clients, social workers are to abandon their role as promoters of disadvantaged civic social integration We should not be forced to do so, please make it clear as a provider, not as an enforcer of criminal activity. "

In 2013, the government passed the law stipulating that sleep in public places was a criminal offense first, and allowed the police to fines these people. The legislation in 2013 was passed after the Hungarian Constitutional Court passed the law which criminalizes homeless crime on the grounds that it infringes the right of human rights violation in 2012.

The Hungarian government has stated that there are currently 19,000 shelters for homeless people and the country is going to spend 1 billion Hungarian Forint (about US $ 32.6 million) this year to help people in need.

It is estimated that there are 15,000 homeless people in Hungary, of which about 6,500 live in Budapest (2016). The Fiddes government repeatedly tried to make Hungarian homeless people criminal, and homeless people are facing serious limitations in many cities. Between 2006 and 2010, 131 homeless people in Budapest were killed and died. There are various works depicting the homelessness of pop culture. This problem is well described as an intangible problem, but it is common. Writers and other artists played a role in gathering the public's attention this problem. Homeless is the central theme of many works, and in other works, homelessness is secondary, creating funny characters and giving credibility to the scenes (for example, in the poor city center A story). . Several stories and movies depict homeless people in stereotypical and derogatory ways (for example, develop a movie Hobo with a shotgun depicting a home shot fight)

Many of the people living in poverty are homeless, and that brings people to the city. There seems to be a link between poverty and crime. If people become unemployed and become homeless, social unrest will take over and there is a possibility that the crime rate will rise. When people do not have any money and do not have the money to buy essentials, they may need to look at the theft to survive. Homeless and high crime rates can affect people in the country and cause many problems to society.