One in six places in homeless hostels in London is now taken up by Eastern Europeans?
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When so many people arrive in so short a space of time, there are going to be problems; especially since most know only of London when they set out from their homeland.\n\nThe central and eastern europeans are generally splendid folk, who work hard and fit in well. \n\nThe question we should be asking is why these countries cannot attract investment and provide employment for their own people, when jobs and manufacturing are going to China and India.\n\nMuch of the problem of european unemployment is a direct result of short-term greed on the part of capitalists, and when all the investment has gone to China and other far-flung places, and the home economies are shattered by it, the capitalists will have achieved a type of socialism which only the communists could have come up with as a political philosophy.\n\nThe sooner the globalisation enthusiasts grasp the nettle, the better, because the capitalists could well drive europe towards self-destruction and civil-war.\n\nIt is scandalous that so many are forced to move, simply to feed themselves and have a decent life.\n\nWith that in mind, perhaps we should treat our close cousins from europe as we would treat our own, because they ARE good people and they deserve much better. Using them as political hot-potatoes and scapegoats is in no-one's interests, and simply diverts us from the REAL problems of a lack of proper economic policy and bad global business practice.\n\nCommunism is dead......long live slavery!
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When I see a vagrant, I remember quickly that most of us are less than 1 month away from being forced into that situation.  People are homeless for a variety of situations.  Alot of people have mental health issues, and lets face it, this country horribly fails at taking care of its own.
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Could just sit in the middle of London and beg lol. Think! Hundreds of thousand of people go through it everyday, ok so you might not make a million straight away but i reckon if you had big puppy dof eyes you could swing it in a couple of months lol!
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I don't know what's available in your area, but in mine there are soup kitchens, shelters, outreach programs...  One of the churches here even provides the homeless with a directory of what's available, with hours of operation and what to expect when they go in.  There are a lot of people who are concerned with this issue.  If you look, you may be surprised to see how much is available.
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well that's not a good idea. most homeless people are homeless because they screwed up their life. they do not deserve a home of their own.
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Nightlife--tons! Pubs close early, though.  \nThere are night busses that are safe.  Just, you know, be careful.  Don't look at maps outside (though the ones in bus shelters are usually okay), don't get too drunk, don't flash money or walk in dark places alone.  Same as New York.\nYou can pick up guides to the buses around a train station at that train station.  \nDon't know what you mean re facilities.  London is very expensive; not sure how to avoid that.  Getting a pass for the Tube is a good idea, though.
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they wont tell you, they are afraid you will get worried\n\nnah, im just joking with you - nobody knows, being on the streets they are not registered. some fall thru the cracks but many do not want to be found\n\naccording to government statistics, there are only a handful of local homeless in chester and each major city in uk but when you visit soup kitchens and hostels there are far more than that
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Many homeless people are mentally incompetent so they should be someone else's responsibility. Others are drug addicts or alcoholics and that is their responsibility.
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Depends on the individual. Some go to food banks, some pan handle, some hold advertising signs eg. "will work for food" so it all depends on...now women with children get more housing  support. Homeless get the most help around the holidays. God bless them!
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London first started in what is now called York. It moved to it's current location during the 1732 "London Up Rising", You can see the where it was draged as this mark to route of the A1
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London is such a mix of languages and cultures that I dont think anyone takes any notice any more.\nSloney friends eh?  Good luck, its a tight knot group and they dont tend to admit strangers!
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Its a scam.\n\nThe area of London where "Global Towers and Heights" is meant to be is a residential area and the scam is warned about on here:\n\nhttp://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery.htm
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it's where the bums, drunks and other homeless live and hangout. usually the street and really shabby cheap apartments. it's not slums. it where the least desired of society live or try to live. slums are just bad places. if you say skidrow you're talking about the kind of people that live there as well.
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The asylum seeker asks for safety in a new location.  The refugee is simply leaving danger and winds up who knows where in whatever circumstances.\n\nPeace!
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http://www.hostelworld.com/
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They must, my brother went to England last year and stayed at the Y there, nice clean and very affordable. Here's a list of some in London couldnt find any in the USA
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A very high percentage of the homeless population are those that suffer from mental illness, another high percentage is women and children who have been overcome by situational poverty. And men who have been over come by situational poverty. God bless. Do some research and you will find a vast amount of information on the subject.