Four weeks on from the disaster at the 24 storey tower block, the Grenfell tower, in North Kensington, where a raging fire engulfed the whole building killing at least 80 people, many of the survivors who were lucky to escape, are still homeless and still need to be re-housed. Many are living in communal halls bundled together. This is happening in 2017 in a prosperous country like Britain. Why the authorities are taking so long to find appropriate accommadation for the homeless people?
Children of people affected by the fire are walking the streets in a daze. A whole community is liviing in a limbo. They are at a very end of their tether only being held together by volunteers. This is happening in one of the richest boroughs in the country.
Many people who have been injured will not risk going to hospital for treatment for fear that their details may be passed on to the authorities and that they might be deported.
We understand that 80 people have died in the tragedy but the figure may be incorrect as people are afraid to come forward and be counted because of their unlawful status even though the Government have offered amnesty to everyone who comes forward. Therefore, until displaced people come forward and are offered proper accommodation, they will continue to live on ‘top of one another’ in an insecure and unsatisfactory situatiion.
This must be taking its toll on innocent children.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
