Read an interview with some Roumanian beggars in Sweden (which is remarkable in itself). They were roma and unable to maek ends meet in the winter in Roumania. In Sweden, begging is legal and they faced less persecution. Darn cold, though. Anyway, before the crisis struck the South they had usually spent the winters there, warmer and could do some metal trading for income. So to generalise, the crisis in the South is driving migrants north not only from the south but also form the east.

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