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Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules

by Ben Munster

With Italy on lockdown and introducing harsh new rules, it's the country's over 50,000 rough sleepers who have been hit the hardest, writes Ben Munster.

Ash Wednesday: What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?

What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.

Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers

by Sophie K Rosa

Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.

Rough Sleeping Is at Record Levels, so Why Don’t People Care?

by Nye Jones

The Tories want people to believe homelessness is complex and rough sleepers are to blame for their situation. The truth is they have been let down by a system that could easily be changed if there was the political will to do so.

These Five Victories in the Fight for Migrants’ Rights Show We Can Win

by Charlotte England

The government backtracked on its demand that schools collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of birth this month, presenting a sudden and startling victory to campaigners opposing the hostile environment. Here are five other key wins in the fight for migrants’ rights in Britain.

Streets Kitchen

The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point

by Matt Broomfield

Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.

Long Read: “Target/Tackle”: A Hostile Environment for the Homeless

by North East London Migrant Action

Three of the UK’s biggest homelessness charities are collaborating with Home Office immigration enforcement teams on the detention and deportation of European rough sleepers.