Foreign rough sleepers in Bognor Regis could be deported
Arun District Council is considering the tough approach as part of its new strategy to cut the numbers dossing down on the town’s streets and seafront.
Its housing officers are meeting with the UK Border Agency and other organisations about removing those from overseas who refuse to consider a settled life. Any enforced removals would be funded by the border agency.
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Hide AdAn Arun spokeswoman said the district council was interested in becoming the first in Sussex to follow pilot projects in seven areas – including Westminster and Southampton – where Eastern Europeans and other foreign nationals were removed if they refused to return home of their own accord.