so the park became a camp – Corriere di Siena
]The problem of homeless camped outside Porta San Marco in Siena, it is assuming out of control proportions, with residents (and others) frightened, but also indignant and fed up with an unsustainable situation. L’children’s play area, on which the Municipality has made a large investment to set it up with avant-garde equipment from the point of view of safety, is used, at night, by some people who, according to the news gathered by exasperated citizens, could be Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin.
They have been seen in the area multiple times since the summer of 2020, the latest case dating back to late last month, with a lone individual spending the night at one of the attractions and leaving in the morning, leaving another and some in place. personal effects. All ready to return in the evening, in short. After just over 20 days, there are new arrivals, who also go to occupy the benches or take a seat on the ground. Testimony tell that yes they wash at the public fountain, found in the piazzale Biringucci (territory of the Snail), while for i physiological bodily needs they arrange themselves where and how they can, preferably in the shelter of the hedges planted for the decoration and embellishment of the area, certainly not to act as a screen.
All of this causes a intolerable decay, since mattresses, blankets and sleeping bags are then abandoned in the stations, to be regained for spend the night, while during the day the children, true recipients of the games, now keep away from the park where they want the right to have fun. I traffic wardens, called several times, they have never intercepted subjects in flagrage, but someone, to move the waters, took a tour at night and immortalized them, sending the fruit of their commitment to the editorial office. Images that speak for themselves.