The Latest Haven for the Homeless: Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  06.06.08 | 3:17 PM ET

Homeless advocate Howard Sinclair says he’s helped and counseled at least 100 itinerant Londoners living at the terminal in the last three months, according to NPR. Heathrow officials are evicting people, as U.S. airport officials are forced to do. But the brass at London’s biggest airport have also hired specialists like Sinclair to help the homeless find homes and support.

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Tags: Airworld, Europe, England

Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.


2 Comments for The Latest Haven for the Homeless: Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Jack from eyeflare travel tips 06.08.08 | 9:25 AM ET

I’m not sure those are homeless people, seeing what travelers look like half the time, they might be tourists!

Now that half of you are upset… How on Earth could security at London’s flagship terminal be so poor that homeless people manage to live in it!?

Ling 06.08.08 | 11:05 AM ET

Maybe they were just waiting for a connecting flight, and lost track of time….

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