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- ↑ "How to help the homeless". The Economist. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hungary: Outstanding Human Rights Concerns". Human Rights Watch. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Budapest, Daniel McLaughlin in. "Hungary's rough sleepers go into hiding as homelessness made illegal". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
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