Migrants who set up camp in one of London’s richest and poshest neighbourhoods have been evicted following an Express investigation. Some 30 people took up residence in the makeshift tented village next to one of the most exclusive areas in the UK several weeks ago.
At the camp in London’s famous Park Lane, some of the migrants were seen drinking vodka at 6am and defecating in public, as previously reported by the Express. On Thursday, June 26, people were finally evicted from the illegal shanty town with bailiffs arriving at around 5am to move those living at the camp on. Transport for London (TfL) was granted a possession order to remove the camp in May.
The Express has approched TfL and Westminster Council for a comment.
The camp was opposite the Hitlon Hotel and yards from Hyde Park.
Express reporter Jon King visited the camp on Tuesday and when he asked inhabitants why they were still there, one woman said she had been sleeping on the streets and was waiting for a home after spending a month at the camp. She then told the Express to “F*** off”.
The Express saw some of the camp’s inhabitants gambling with money, then swiftly hiding their game and stashing the cash out of sight as Met Police officers arrived. One officer told the publication they were there to do “welfare checks” because of the hot weather before the police got back into a van and drove off.
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