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Romanians Living Rough At Marble Arch Rising
Wednesay 5th June 2013
LBC 97.3 INVESTIGATION
LBC 97.3 understands that the number of Romanians living by Marble Arch has risen in the last month.
Marble Arch Romanians
The area on Park Lane is strewn with rubbish and cardboard boxes as the community have moved back in, after being removed in the run-up to the Olympics.
Local people have told us that the number sleeping rough in the area has doubled in the past four weeks and it has led to problems with crime and hygiene in the area.
LBC 97.3's Tom Swarbrick reports: "There are about 50 men and women who call the central reservation on Park Lane 'home'. They are currently packing up their duvets, putting them in cardboard boxes.
"It's a complete mess. There's rubbish tied to the railings. There's plastic bags filled with lord only knows what. The smell of the area is terrible.
"They've been sleeping here for some time, according to the ones I've been able to speak to. We had to chat in incredibly broken German, as no one here seems to speak English.
"The lady I spoke to was called Maria, she's 55 and has been sleeping here for a month. She says she's here to find work in the UK because the UK has a lot of money. She says she wants to be a cleaner, but she can't get a job because she doesn't speak any English and she left Romania because Romania is 'kaput'."
Romanians Marble Arch
Imard Habib, who owns the newsagent where the group buy their coffee, revealed they get the money to buy their drinks from begging and pickpocketing. He said: "I've spoken to everyone from the council to the police, but they say they can't do anything about it.
"Everyday, they clean up, but then in the evening, they come back and sleep.
"In the last four weeks, the number of them here has increased by 47. I know because I see the same faces every day."
Romanians Marble Arch
UKIP leader Nigel Farage told Nick Ferrari that he believes the problem is that the country is forced by the EU to allow everyone in, rather than selecting those who can benefit society.
Asked whether immigrants are better workers, as suggested by Speaker John Bercow, Mr Farage said: "There are some people who come from incredibly poor backgrounds who see coming to the UK as a wonderful opportunity to better themselves and better their families.
"But the problem is, we don't just select good people to come to the UK, we say anybody can come. We're not allowed under EU laws to decide who we want and who we don't."
Wednesay 5th June 2013
LBC 97.3 INVESTIGATION
LBC 97.3 understands that the number of Romanians living by Marble Arch has risen in the last month.
Marble Arch Romanians
The area on Park Lane is strewn with rubbish and cardboard boxes as the community have moved back in, after being removed in the run-up to the Olympics.
Local people have told us that the number sleeping rough in the area has doubled in the past four weeks and it has led to problems with crime and hygiene in the area.
LBC 97.3's Tom Swarbrick reports: "There are about 50 men and women who call the central reservation on Park Lane 'home'. They are currently packing up their duvets, putting them in cardboard boxes.
"It's a complete mess. There's rubbish tied to the railings. There's plastic bags filled with lord only knows what. The smell of the area is terrible.
"They've been sleeping here for some time, according to the ones I've been able to speak to. We had to chat in incredibly broken German, as no one here seems to speak English.
"The lady I spoke to was called Maria, she's 55 and has been sleeping here for a month. She says she's here to find work in the UK because the UK has a lot of money. She says she wants to be a cleaner, but she can't get a job because she doesn't speak any English and she left Romania because Romania is 'kaput'."
Romanians Marble Arch
Imard Habib, who owns the newsagent where the group buy their coffee, revealed they get the money to buy their drinks from begging and pickpocketing. He said: "I've spoken to everyone from the council to the police, but they say they can't do anything about it.
"Everyday, they clean up, but then in the evening, they come back and sleep.
"In the last four weeks, the number of them here has increased by 47. I know because I see the same faces every day."
Romanians Marble Arch
UKIP leader Nigel Farage told Nick Ferrari that he believes the problem is that the country is forced by the EU to allow everyone in, rather than selecting those who can benefit society.
Asked whether immigrants are better workers, as suggested by Speaker John Bercow, Mr Farage said: "There are some people who come from incredibly poor backgrounds who see coming to the UK as a wonderful opportunity to better themselves and better their families.
"But the problem is, we don't just select good people to come to the UK, we say anybody can come. We're not allowed under EU laws to decide who we want and who we don't."
