'Intimidation' as tent city sprawls despite protests

RESIDENTS living near a sprawling tent city say they feel increasingly intimidated as it continues to grow.

- BY CONOR WILSON

As many as 50 tents now stretching along a pavement above an underpass in Central London are home to desperate people, including recently arrived illegal immigrants.

Vermin runs wild around piles of rubbish, food and human waste at the squalid camp near Warren Street Underground station.

Locals have protested to Transport for London, which part-owns the land, complaining that they feel intimidated by groups of men gathering near the station.

Elderly resident Anne-Marie, who lives around the corner, said that

what began as a small presence before the pandemic has recently snowballed.