Outside of London the majority of rough sleepers are UK nationals but in London more than half are not from the UK. Joint visits to eight London boroughs led to 133 rough sleepers being detained in immigration removal centres. The rough sleepers came from a range of EU and non-EU countries, including Romania, Poland, Italy and Bangladesh. Islington council states that in some cases St Mungo’s refers rough sleepers directly to the Home Office ICE teams. It provides data relating to the location of rough sleepers including migrant rough sleepers.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2017 18:20 UTC