I doubt it. Didn't used to see people living in tents before the pandemic in my Canadian city. Now there's loads and there's plenty of European cities far warmer.
Interesting. Perhaps it's police negligence? All the "defund the police" rethoric must have taken its toll and these guys are probably afraid to do anything remotely controversial now. I can't imagine police in Germany, France, UK or Poland would tolerate homeless encampments on main streets of major cities. In Poland, they usually take them to the shelter, where they get kick out for antisocial behaviour, so that the police can again grab them off the streets and take them to the shelter - and so it goes. They're not left unbothered though.
The police have removed them on multiple occasions. There has been both push back and support for this. It doesn't really have to do with police presence but the high cost of rent and low wages.
