Serious New Ang Moh Santa threw freezing water on homeless in UK

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BY: MIRROR.CO.UK16:18, 15 JAN 2016
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Castle Mall, Norwich
Soaked: The group of homeless people were trying to sleep at Castle Mall, Norwich
The soaking wet group were trying to sleep in the back doorway of the Castle Mall, in Norwich
A security guard who allegedly threw a bucket of cold water over homeless people as they slept outside a shopping centre has been suspended.

The soaking wet group were trying to sleep in the back doorway of the Castle Mall, in Norwich.

Security firm Interserve has now suspended an employee for alleged gross misconduct.

The People's Picnic group, which serves food to the homeless and hungry in Norwich, claimed the incident had happened on its Facebook page.

The group said in a post that it was "shocked and disgusted" and claimed the guard was "laughing" as he hurled the water.


It added: "Not only did he leave them in soaking wet clothes, freezing and exposed to harsh declining temperatures, but also drenched their sleeping bags which were the only other means of keeping them warm."

Amanda Phillips, centre manager at Castle Mall, said: "We have concluded our joint investigation with Interserve, the supplier of our security service.

"We have found that an incident did occur on Sunday evening, and one of Interserve's employees in the security team has been suspended on the grounds of gross misconduct and is no longer working at Castle Mall.

"Everyone in the management team at Castle Mall is very upset that members of the public have not been treated as they should be by someone working on behalf of Castle Mall.

"We apologise unreservedly to the individuals affected.

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Security guard
Apology: The shopping centre has said sorry to the group
"We all sympathise with the plight of the homeless and the isolated behaviour of one individual should not reflect in any way on the rest of the team.

"We are now taking this opportunity to review our operating procedures and training practices to make sure nothing like this can happen again."

An Interserve spokesperson said: "Following an investigation into the incident at Castle Mall, we suspended one employee for gross misconduct with immediate effect.

"We are very sorry for what has happened and are extremely disappointed with the behaviour of this individual, which is against everything we stand for as a company.

"We work closely with several charities for the homeless and take the issue very seriously.

"We will be making a donation to local homeless charities by way of an apology.

 

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How are homeless people coping in frozen Britain?


St Mungo's emergency shelter has catered for over 90 people since 7 January

By Vanessa Barford
BBC News

With Britain still in the grip of a big freeze, homeless charities are warning of "life-threatening" conditions and are taking extra measures to get people off the streets.
At St Mungo's emergency shelter in London's Battersea Park Road, an empty office block turned into temporary accommodation is almost full of rough sleepers.
Andy Frost, who has been sleeping rough for three years - after "family problems and a relationship breakdown in Nottingham" - turned to the shelter "out of desperation".
"Normally the weather doesn't bother me - but the snow and ice has been really cold - I could feel my fingers, but nothing else," he said.
Andy Frost
Andy Frost has been sleeping rough for three years
The 37-year-old, who has worked as a forklift driver, carpet fitter and painter and decorator in the past, said he was sleeping in Lambeth Park with seven others when an outreach team from St Mungo's - London's largest homeless charity - found him.
"Only two of us came in - I don't know why the others didn't, but you can't force people," he said.
Mr Frost said the shelter had been "great" and he hoped to come back as a volunteer next year.
"I've got 10 months to get sorted, to get work. I want to go on a Church detox. I've not drunk for two days now and I'm ok - normally I'd be sweating and shaking after one day," he said.
'Stuck'
A 26-year-old man, from Latvia, who would not give his name, said he turned to the shelter because he was "really cold and tired" and wanted "to get warm".
He said: "I used to work in a coffee shop in Tower Hamlets and live in a shared house in East Croydon, but I lost my job. As I hadn't worked for a year, I couldn't claim benefits. I ended up on the streets.
A 26-year-old from Latvia watching TV in the shelter
A 26-year-old from Latvia turned to the shelter "to get warm"
"I have a drinking problem. It is very quick to fall down, and the system makes it very difficult to get back. I have no money, no phone, no address - you need that to get a job. I am stuck in this situation - the only thing to do is drink," he said.
Eva Studzinska, manager of the emergency centre, said the shelter - which is funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) had put up about 90 people since it opened on 7 January.
Ms Studzinska said about 70% of the rough sleepers in the shelter on Battersea Park Road were foreign nationals.
"Some are eligible for benefits, but they don't know how to access them. Lots have lost jobs - the construction industry has fallen though the floor - some have mental health issues," she said.
'Rudimentary'
She said the emergency shelter - which provides mattresses, blankets, hot food, showers and clean clothes - had been "vital" because of the "threat" of the cold weather.
Eva Studzinska, manager of the emergency centre
Eva Studzinska said the emergency shelter was "vital"
"People die on the streets - they could literally freeze to death. Some become very low and suicidal when it is freezing cold.
"We are trying to reach the people who are hard to reach," she said.
But Ms Studzinska said the services were "fairly basic and rudimentary" and it was important to get people to register with GPs, get back on medication and find more permanent accommodation.
A spokesman for the charity Crisis, which is helping St Mungo's with its emergency shelter, said the "prolonged" weather was "unprecedented" and "death was a real possibility" for the homeless.
The charity said it wanted the government to reinforce to local authorities "their duty" to take in rough sleepers when the temperature dropped below 0 degrees for three consecutive nights.
CLG figures put the number of people sleeping rough during any one night in London to be about 250, with about 3,500 homeless people in the city over the year.
Crisis said 2,000 guests had stayed in its nine temporary centres which opened in London for a week over Christmas.

One woman tells how she is surviving sleeping rough

The centres provided hot meals and shelter, housing services, job advice, health checks, training and further education opportunities.
The Refugee Council's day centre in Brixton, London, said seven times as many people had received service support from 21 December 2009 to 8 January 2010 than during the same period last year.
"People have had problems with heating and warm clothes. Shoes are a perennial problem and we have been giving out more hats, gloves and scarves. We have also supplied baby packs for new mothers and food parcels," said Zoe Burton, the day centre co-ordinator.
Asmeret Chefena, 26, from Eritrea, said the centre's free hot meals - served to about 120 people every day - were "very important" to her.
"It's very cold sleeping outside, I've been on the streets for two months. My asylum application has been refused, but I can't go back to Eritrea because my religion is Pentecost and I will get arrested. I have already spent two months in prison in my country," she said.
The Red Cross said its Birmingham centre - which usually operates twice a week - had been opening Monday to Friday and distributing hot soup and food as well as items like sleeping bags and blankets.
Foil thermal blankets had also been distributed to destitute and homeless refugees and asylum seekers in Peterborough.
The Scottish Government has also advised councils on emergency arrangements.
The London Delivery Board - which was set up by the Mayor and brings together central government, London's boroughs and voluntary sector providers - hopes to end rough sleeping in London by 2012.

 

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I am so fucking 感冻 for this. WAF!

 

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Welcome to the nice Ang Moh Beggar-land. Ho Ho Ho!

Targeted homeless people sprayed with freezing water on ‘hostile’ British streets
Published time: 12 Dec, 2016 12:34
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Homeless people are facing increasingly hostile streets as more rough sleepers find their nights disturbed by “deliberate noise pollution” and “defensive architecture,” as well as attempts to spray them with water as they sleep.

Crisis, a homelessness charity, said 20 percent of those it surveyed claimed to experience deliberate attempts to disturb their sleep and force them away from public spaces.

Respondents to the survey said these measures included playing loud music, bird song and traffic noise from speakers, as well as metal spikes embedded into infrastructure.

John, one of 458 people Crisis spoke to who were sleeping rough or have slept rough in the last year, said he has experienced noise pollution in a tunnel that prevented him sleeping there.

Bystanders "rifled" through homeless man’s pockets as he froze to death in Birmingham https://t.co/kTH6sitToapic.twitter.com/gZQZDIwrqb
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) December 2, 2016

“You just couldn’t sleep, because of the noise, it was boats, trains, bird noises, animal noises, it was strange, it was altogether, you know, and it was weird, it was horrible,” he said.

Steve, also homeless, said the noise “wasn’t music it was like, bird’s noises, boats… and then trains.”

A third of those surveyed said these measures prevented them from finding anywhere to sleep at night, while some 60 percent said they have also seen a rise in spikes and other types of “defensive architecture.”

Some 21 percent also reported being “wetted down” – when their sleeping bags and bedding is sprayed with water while they are still in them.

Two-thirds of respondents said they have seen an increase in security guards and wardens in public spaces who moved them along if they tried to sleep.

Tory Baroness says reason homeless people sleep rough is because they 'choose to' https://t.co/8J32ofY5wppic.twitter.com/Ok9bio0lLs
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) March 8, 2016

One homeless woman, Shelly, said police attitudes towards homeless people have changed in the UK.

“Before they’d leave you alone, whereas now, you know, they’ll come actually looking for you, and either arrest you or move you on.”

Earlier this month homelessness charity Shelter published findings indicating the number of homeless people in the UK has surpassed a quarter of a million.

Some 255,000 people are forced to live in hostels and other types of temporary accommodation or to sleep rough on the streets, the group found.

Homeless people told to sleep on the streets otherwise they won't get access to services - charity warns https://t.co/KMbbaCxhEepic.twitter.com/m47J2DuWGU
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) October 19, 2016

A homeless man was found dead on the streets of Birmingham just a day after the report was published, with some bystanders speculating he “froze to death” on one of the coldest nights of the year.

Crisis Chief Executive Jon Sparkes said: “The rise of anti-homeless spikes, noise pollution and other hostile measures is a sad indictment of how we treat the most vulnerable people in our society.

“Rough sleeping is devastating enough without homeless people having to endure such hostility from their surroundings.

“We can all be guilty of adopting an out of sight, out of mind attitude when it comes to homelessness. Instead we need to acknowledge that it is rising and that we need to work together to end it.”

 

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Why are homeless foreigners allowed to remain in the host country? Should they not all be sent back?