Homelessness charities have warned the government that it must have a clear strategy for dealing with European migrants if it is to end rough sleeping by the 2012 target. A spokesman for Homeless Link said it believed European migration ‘may well be the issue that might prevent us from achieving our goal of ending rough sleeping by 2012’. Homelessness charity Broadway’s annual report documented a 6% increase in rough sleeping on the streets of the capital from 3,472 in 2009/09 to 3,673 in 2009/10, which it says was driven by rises in the numbers from central and eastern Europe. From 1 May next year, migrants from A8 countries, which joined the EU in 2004, will be entitled to the same rights as people from other EU countries, including housing benefit. Read more on Inside Housing.
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