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In the past three months, police in Copenhagen have cleared over 30 camps where homeless people have settled, signalling a sharp acceleration of the clearance policy. Gadejuristen, a legal assistance organisation, have criticised the policy of arrests and fines as an ineffective way to solve homelessness. Critics point to Gothenburg in Sweden as a city that has engaged the problem of homeless camps in a more effective way. Read more on the story here (in Danish).