Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Algerian Foreign Ministry: The Algerian President directs Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf to head to Niamey as soon as possible
Algerian Foreign Ministry: Niger’s acceptance of the Algerian initiative strengthens the option of a political solution to end the crisis
Algerian Foreign Ministry: Algeria received official approval from Niger concerning the Algerian mediation initiative to resolve the crisis
Armenia says Azerbaijani forces open fire in border region
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli Supreme Court decides to return the case of prisoner Kayed al-Fafsous to the Military Court of Appeals
Egyptian media, citing medical sources: Ambulances transported about 100 injuries to hospitals as a result of the Ismailia Security Directorate fire
Egyptian media: The number of people injured in the Ismailia Security Directorate fire has risen to 21 people, some of whom are in critical condition.
Turkey carried out air strikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 PKK targets: Turkish MoD
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Turkish warplanes carry out an air strike that targeted the Matin area in Dohuk, northern Iraq
Israeli media: The settlers wrote the word “revenge” in the site and uprooted dozens of olive trees

Million estimated homeless across Europe

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 5 Sep 2023 23:46
  • 2 Shares
  • x

A report by Feantsa has unveiled a dire homelessness crisis in Europe, estimating that nearly 1 million people are homeless on any given night.

  • A woman stands in a street next to a homeless tent, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 (AP)
    A woman stands in a street next to a homeless tent, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (AP)

A recent report by Feantsa, the Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, has revealed that almost 1 million people are homeless on any given night across Europe, emphasizing the deep-seated housing crisis in the region.

The report emphasized that this figure only accounts for the "most visible forms" of homelessness, underscoring the failure of European countries to establish housing as a fundamental right.

The data, collected from various European Union (EU) countries and the UK, encompasses census records and local authority figures.

However, the report cautioned that these numbers represent a minimum estimate due to unavailable data in six categories used to define homelessness (such as sleeping rough, individuals in emergency accommodation, and homeless people temporarily residing in conventional housing with family and friends).

Read more: Afghan refugees in UK are homeless after government hotel evictions

Related News

Trump vows to tackle homelessness, confront tech giants if re-elected

22 French mayors urge Macron to solve alarming homelessness on streets

Freek Spinnewijn, Director of Feantsa, criticized the handling of homelessness across most European governments, stating, "Most governments in Europe continue to fail homeless people, frustrate the general public, and waste resources on ineffectively managing the problem."

The report also highlighted the EU's commitment, made last year, to combat homelessness by 2030. However, it noted that the issue has been worsening, with only Finland and Denmark making significant progress in this regard. 

In contrast, Germany officially recorded 262,645 homeless individuals, Spain just over 28,500, and Ireland, grappling with a housing crisis, had 11,632 people in emergency accommodation at the end of 2022.

In Hungary, nearly half the population lived in overcrowded housing, while one in eight Bulgarian families lacked indoor toilets. Substandard housing extended beyond Eastern Europe, with nearly a fifth of the French population and a quarter of UK renters living in housing deemed unfit for habitation.

The report concluded that unfit living conditions impacted owner-occupiers as well, highlighting that resources were often lacking for maintenance and renovations. According to Eurostat, the official EU data office, almost 20 million people across the EU faced "housing deprivation" in 2020, encompassing overcrowding and inadequate housing conditions.

Read more: Refugees, exhausted by 'hunger and homelessness', in UK to return to Ukraine

  • Homelessness
  • EU
  • European Union

Most Read

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

  • Europe
  • 28 Sep 2023
Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

  • Analysis
  • 30 Sep 2023
US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

'Not 1 more cent': Americans are done with funding Ukraine's paychecks

  • Europe
  • 30 Sep 2023
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer tells low-income families to buy their children McDonald's burgers.

Austria Chancellor's solution to poor families: McDonald's burgers

  • Europe
  • 29 Sep 2023

Coverage

All
Morocco & Libya Disasters

Read Next

All
Egypt's Ismailia police HQs engulfed with fire (Social media)
MENA

Massive fire engulfs Egypt's Ismailia police HQs, injures dozens

trump
US & Canada

Donald Trump's civil fraud trial opens; business empire at risk

Visitors look at projected paintings and drawings at the Van Gogh exhibit during a preview of the digital exhibition titled "Infinity des Lumieres" in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on June 28 , 2021. (AFP)
Europe

AI, VR unite to depict Van Gogh's 'mental struggle' in final works

A child being treated in a makeshift ICU bed in California in 2023 (AFP via Getty Images)
US & Canada

Children are dying in US hospitals plagued with ill-prepared ERs: WSJ

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS