Geneva fines beggars. The fine is set at 220.— CHF, a steep sum when one thinks that begging brings in at most 20-30 CHF per day. This is being used to actually deport people as, when they are not in apposition to pay, they de-facto become criminals (they are sent to prison) that can be sent back to their country of origin with an interdiction to come back to Switzerland.

• Herzog, Stéphane. L’amende pour mendicité a pratiquement double. In: La Tribune de Genève. 06.09.2015. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/L-amende-pour-mendicite-a-pratiquement-double/story/11647437