Vellinge municipality wants to ban begging. Photo: Björn Lindgren/TTLocal politicians have moved to make a municipality in the south of Sweden the first in the country to introduce a ban on begging. The proposal would mean a ban on begging at several squares and public places in the municipality from January 2018. In Vellinge, the ban has been restricted to a select number of areas in an effort to get around that issue. READ ALSO: Majority of Stockholmers want to ban begging, survey showsIn neighbouring Denmark begging is banned, and is even punishable by deportation under newly-tightened legislation.

Source: The Local August 30, 2017 09:22 UTC