Sweden’s top administrative court has green-lit a begging ban in a town in Skåne County, the first one to be introduced and expected by some to set a precedent for other parts of the country to follow suit.
In August 2017, the town of Vellinge became the first in Sweden to introduce a begging ban. However, the decision was later overturned, first by the county administrative board and later by the administrative court of appeal. Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court, however, upheld the decision, which came into effect this week, the national SVT broadcaster reported.
There were some 4,700 beggars across 220 Swedish municipalities in 2015, according to a survey.