Neighbors are furious about homeless people sleeping in tents at the metro station.

Neighbors furious about homeless people sleeping in tents by metro station

Copenhagen Municipality relaxed the rules for outdoor sleeping last year.

The Mayor for Climate, Environment, and Technology in Copenhagen Municipality, Line Barfod (Ø), has not been available for an interview due to vacation. However, in an email, the municipality emphasizes that the relaxation of the sleeping ban does not make it permissible to set up tents. (Photo: © Private) 58 minutes ago

Homeless people setting up tents and sleeping by Havneholmen Metro are sparking debate on social media.

In a Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10246215116331015&set=a.2257749042378), Anette Kjersgaard, who lives a stone's throw from the metro station, describes how a group of foreign homeless individuals have set up a camp behind the station.

> We can't just have people camping everywhere. It simply won't do.

> Anette Kjersgaard, neighbor to the metro station

- They have set up an entire tent camp under the trees. For one thing, it's not very pleasant, and for another, it's not very hygienic, because they don't have a toilet, for example.

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Relaxed rules for outdoor sleeping

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Copenhagen Municipality relaxed the rules for outdoor sleeping last year. (https://www.kk.dk/nyheder/nu-tages-naeste-skridt-mod-et-farvel-til-overnatningsforbud)

It was decided that sleeping in parks is allowed, and that it can no longer result in a fine.

But the metro station can hardly be considered a park, according to Anette Kjersgaard, who hopes the municipality will intervene.

- We can't just have people camping everywhere. It simply won't do, she says.

The Mayor for Climate, Environment, and Technology in Copenhagen Municipality, Line Barfod (Ø), has not been available for an interview due to vacation.

However, in an email, the municipality emphasizes that the relaxation of the sleeping ban does not make it permissible to set up tents.

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