Authorities find 26 people living in rented 3 bed in London

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/...sing-raid-26-living-three-bedroom-east-london

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/newham-house-east-london-tenants-landlady-council

The above is just insane. I can't believe it's going on in 2015. In my opinion they should seize the landlord's property and deport all of the foreign nationals (mainly Romanians) without delay.

What I also found interesting about the story is the way that the nationality of the people involved was reported in different sources. In the Grauniad there was no mention of their Romanian nationality whereas in other papers that was front and centre. Nothing against Romanians of course but it's a significant detail of the story being left out, presumably because we're not supposed to discuss problems associated with large scale immigration from specific countries? That basically makes you a paid up BNP member?
 
There are a load of people out there that will take advantage of people who need a roof over their heads and not bothering with making the property legit for the purpose that they are intending (considering there were licensing issues mentioned, it's highly likely that it was an illegal house of multiple occupancy).

One thing I won't do is go into your opinion on what should be done to the people who have been forced to live like that.
 
kissenger said:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...sing-raid-26-living-three-bedroom-east-london

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/newham-house-east-london-tenants-landlady-council

The above is just insane. I can't believe it's going on in 2015. In my opinion they should seize the landlord's property and deport all of the foreign nationals (mainly Romanians) without delay.

What I also found interesting about the story is the way that the nationality of the people involved was reported in different sources. In the Grauniad there was no mention of their Romanian nationality whereas in other papers that was front and centre. Nothing against Romanians of course but it's a significant detail of the story being left out, presumably because we're not supposed to discuss problems associated with large scale immigration from specific countries? That basically makes you a paid up BNP member?
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It was the Guardian what do you expect, they like the BBC have a habit of telling it not as it is.
 
demonix said:
One thing I won't do is go into your opinion on what should be done to the people who have been forced to live like that.
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I think you're mischaracterising the people in question. The people interviewed for the article seemed to be quite happy with the arrangement. Maybe it's a step up from the part of Romania they came from. I don't know the country so I can't say, but just going from their comments...

Starting life in Britain cleaning hotels, Horopcilic has since stopped working to raise her daughter, who was born in east London. Her husband, who lingers in the doorway, works in construction.

“There is no money in Romania,” she says. “We’re happy here.”
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I feel sorry that people have to live like this, or feel they do, they are a product of their circumstances and environment to the most extent, It is honorable that they are striving for better lives. Generally these people want to support and care for their families and are looking for work. It can be a vicious circle. The evils of poverty as one man said.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
I'd rather take my chances living in Romania, than live in a tiny house with 25 others in East Crapdon.
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I don't think you realise how the poor in romania live.

There was a docu about romanians coming to the uk that followed some of them from romania to the uk.

I think it was bbc or c4 you should try to find it, where they lived was pretty much a rubbish dump with shacks

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full eps are on youtube by the looks of it
 
This has been going on for years.

Seems in this case it was possibly non working men but i have an example i saw first hand.

When i worked in a factory in rochdale doing summer work about 6 years ago i met some pakistani lads who were living with 20+ other lads in 2 terrace houses knocked together. The roof was used for sleeping space, they all worked in shifts, shared beds and put money in for a big ever cooking pot of rice/curry etc.... shared bills and so on.

They seemed happy.. all wages left were sent home and they said if they lived like this for 2 or 3 years they could go home to the small village and live like a king for the rest of their lives!

This is why immigrants who live like this can work for below min wage. They do not have to live "properly" like we would expect to, so can work for far less wages.

This is one of the reasons why so called "lazy english" will not or cannot do the same job for the same money. ( of course there are lots of lazy chavs but this kind of thing does happen, and id wager it happens a lot more than people would assume )

If we all lived 20 to a house we could i am sure! :p
 
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Slam62 said:
I don't see a problem, they aren't held captive
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could you imagine living next to a house with 26 occupants ?

doors must be slamming constantly, people coming and going all the time, loud voices as people have different conversations talk over each other.

must be a nightmare
 
Cat_J said:
They must be very good at tetris...

I feel sorry for these people
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I don't!

I had four people living below me in a studio flat, they were rude, door slamming, noisy, shouting iranian(?) bleepers that took 5 months before an eviction notice was served due to unpaid rent. They were not only claiming single rate tax, but benefits and unpaid parking fines.

Most of the time it's the landlord that knows this is going on
 
kissenger said:
What I also found interesting about the story is the way that the nationality of the people involved was reported in different sources. In the Grauniad there was no mention of their Romanian nationality whereas in other papers that was front and centre. Nothing against Romanians of course but it's a significant detail of the story being left out, presumably because we're not supposed to discuss problems associated with large scale immigration from specific countries? That basically makes you a paid up BNP member?
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Why do you assume that the most important aspect of this is the nationality of the people involved as opposed to the landlord breaking the law?

Also I have no idea how you propose to deport citizens of an EU country who haven't committed a crime...
 
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