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Lots of sleeping bags in fast city centre that past years... Some scattered tents under bridges.
As much as the psni has serious issues the plod here seem ti be mostly compassionate towards the homeless.
Drug addiction has become a serious issue, with vulnerable people being trafficked from East Europe to work in drug gangs.
I know one, her ex is still on the street and she's been struggling ti access housing benefit etc. She testified against the gang, but got very little help.
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As much as the psni has serious issues the plod here seem ti be mostly compassionate towards the homeless.
Hmm, when a relative was in PSNI Armagh, they enjoyed picking up the local homeless at night and dumping them in other towns to see how long it took them to get back. That or phoning callboxes beside where they were sleeping pretending to be kindly hotel owners offering them a warm bed, so they went to the hotels to humiliate themselves.
I've just found out a friend from my teens is homeless with HIV and severe mental problems on the streets in Belfast - would like to hope there's some compassion out there for him.
kl
Genuine questions: Are there tent cities in the UK? Or areas where people living out of their cars non-recreationally go? Contrasted with the States, it’s much less apparent where homeless and car-dwelling families go in the UK.