Almost 60 per cent of recorded people sleeping rough in
London are foreign nationals, a new government report shows. The report from
the CLG used data from local agencies including volunteers, the police,
outreach workers and housing authorities, as well as members of the public, to
collect statistical information about the people sleeping rough in single-night
snapshots in local authority areas. The city of London has one of the highest
rates of homelessness in England, and that rate continues to increase year on
year, with a 30 per cent rise in rough sleepers from last year's figure. The
second-highest majority after British nationals with 1,388 people this year is
Romanians, closely followed by Poles and Lithuanians. Read more on the
Independent website.
