Scores of unkempt Romanian vagabonds have swept into the affluent Park Lane area of the capital and also infested nearby Marble Arch.
They have been turning up since the beginning of last month and now Westminster Council are worried “several hundred” more could soon arrive.
Most of the men while away their time drinking copious amounts of vodka and laying about while the women divvy food out from their cheap plastic bags.In disgusting circumstances, street cleaners are left to remove human excrement left by the intruders.
They are usually seen hanging around showrooms selling expensive cars. A gardener who works in the area, Selma Chaib, said: “The problem’s been getting worse as more turn up.
I’ve seen them coming out of Sainsbury’s in Marble Arch with big bottles of vodka at 9am.
“They leave bottles, bags and their own mess all over the place — it’s disgusting.
“I saw 50 of them playing dice for about 300 pound coins laid down on the ground.”
Another worker Abdul Mohammed, 36, said: “I’ve seen them in KFC begging for food” and also shopkeeper Said Aly, 60, said: “They sleep in underpasses and leave lots of mess.”
One of the Romanians was quoted as saying “The houses here are very nice. I came here from Romania today. We left Romania to find work. We can have a better life here.”
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