The number of homeless persons in Debrecen is estimated at 500-600. They mostly spend the harshest winter nights in stairways, in derelict properties, in lean-tos built from cardboard boxes or timber, in tents or in covered bus stations and wooded areas.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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