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Shanty town home to 50
More than 50 Romanians have created a shanty town at a former football ground in Barnet.
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Shanty town in London suburb
More than 50 people have made an area of North London wasteland their home.
The squatter settlement sprung up on the site of the former Hendon football club.
Families living there say they have nowhere else to go -- but their neighbours claim the council isn't doing enough to move them on.
Shanty town created in Barnet
More than fifty people have made an area of London wasteland their home despite council attempts to reclaim the area.
The Romanian makeshift camp is the latest to spring up in the capital after others settled on the grass area of Park Lane.
A council spokesman said: ‘We have been working with thepolice, the leaseholder and homeless charities to clear the area and repatriatethe squatters. Despite repeated attempts to secure the site, it has been illegally re-occupied on at least three occasions.’