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The Mancunian Way: Sleeping rough in -4C
01.12.2023 - 16:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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It’s always shocking to see people bedding down on cardboard in sleeping bags in Manchester city centre. Even more so on the coldest night of the year, which is when reporter John Scheerhout headed out to speak to those who somehow managed to survive a cloudless night when temperatures plummeted to -4C.
On St Peter's Square, in the shadow of the Christmas Markets, he found ten poor souls huddled beside the council's headquarters. Among them was Shahir Alfaho - a refugee from war-torn Sudan who fled to Libya until the Arab Spring uprising and later paid traffickers to flee the violence and take him to Italy, France and finally the UK.
Claiming asylum before being moved north, he made a life for himself working as a security guard and settling down with a partner. They have a son, now aged six, but the relationship broke down and things started to unravel for Shahir, who has been without a home for the last two weeks.
The 43-year-old told John that Wednesday was the worst of the 16 nights he has been sleeping rough. "Last night was really, really cold. I couldn't sleep to be honest. I was walking around to get warmed up and then coming back. Nobody can handle it, you know,” he said.
"Life is not easy. I'm trying. There are some things... you can't do nothing about it. You think how to get out of it."
Though Shahir says council officials take details of those sleeping rough and promise accommodation, he claims those offers never materialise. "They keep wasting my time," said Shahir, who appears to be among a rising number of
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