I have lived in Copenhagen my entire life. I know of one homeless person that I see regularly in the street. During the course of a year, I see a person sleeping rough probably five times, same for meeting a street beggar.
If you are a legal resident you will be offered a place to live, as well as money to survive, if you have the wherewithal to go to the social services. The ones who don't use this are usually mentally ill or too deep into substance abuse of one sort or another.
The thousands you are talking about are probably illegal aliens, who are obviously not offered the same services that residents enjoy. Can't really blame Copenhagen that thousands of people without resources or prospects stream into the city from other countries. In either case, they all reside in government or privately run shelters with beds and meals available, which is I guess is why we don't see them in the street the way you do in New York and San Francisco.
If you are a legal resident you will be offered a place to live, as well as money to survive, if you have the wherewithal to go to the social services. The ones who don't use this are usually mentally ill or too deep into substance abuse of one sort or another.
The thousands you are talking about are probably illegal aliens, who are obviously not offered the same services that residents enjoy. Can't really blame Copenhagen that thousands of people without resources or prospects stream into the city from other countries. In either case, they all reside in government or privately run shelters with beds and meals available, which is I guess is why we don't see them in the street the way you do in New York and San Francisco.