Tag: Govanhill

Scotland voted today. I remember at the beginning of the year, Trump was stolen the US Election. It’s still going through the courts, although it won’t change anything. It’s the same feeling I’ve got today with us in Scotland blindly voting for a party that is Corrupt, but as bad as that, has Failed. I… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 8

I think a lot of Romanians panicked that it was going to be the last chance to get in. Certainly a few hundred arrived in the lead up to the European vote. Poverty is the main problem in the area and has been for a long time. The problems came here before the Roma. Sometimes… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 7

“We had workless men standing on street corners, large families and flats where there are infestations we have not seen for generations. Bed bugs, cockroaches and rats in flats. But on top of that you also have a people – many of whom – who have had no education and adults who have no capacity… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 6

The council have collected 485 tonnes of illegally fly-tipped material from pavements and lanes. There are 42 different languages spoken in Govanhill, but a glance at social media would suggest that all the migrants in the area are Roma. There are children playing on scooters and bikes, men congregating on street corners, bin lorries and… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 5

If that sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve had the same conversations in Glasgow. Roma people have been accused of selling their children on the streets of Govanhill for sex and, despite an extensive police operation finding no evidence of this, the rumours persist. Last summer, the Roma in Govanhill were accused of stealing and eating… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 4

Some Roma women rake through the charity clothes bins. New figures show that since January the council has collected 900 tonnes of waste and recyclable material from domestic and commercial premises in Govanhill. https://vk.com/video503532632_456240819 [user-submitted-posts]

Figures obtained by the BBC show that of a study of 310 local Roma people, most were working but that more than a third were receiving less than the minimum wage. Govanhill has one of the largest concentrations of Roma people in the UK. Local organisation, Community Renewal, received funding from the People’s Health Trust… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 2

The company looking after clothing bins in the Govanhill area said thefts had become so commonplace it was forced to change the specifications on the containers. Peter Page of Nathans Waste Savers said both thefts and vandalism costs his firm £400,000 a year. He explained: “We see local people stealing for their own benefit and… Continue reading Govanhill is a Disgrace Part 1