street sleeper 露宿者

street sleeper
繁:露宿者
简:露宿者

香港有一種人口,人數雖不算多,但卻逐年增加,不過奇怪的是,在城市不同角落卻愈來愈少見他們的出現,市容好像愈來愈「乾淨」。但至上星期香港經歷了59年來最寒冷的冬天,市區氣溫跌至3度時,這群人罕有地露面,也罕有地再受到關注,他們就是無家可歸的露宿者

鄒頌華(2016年2月2日)。香港觀察:露宿者面臨的生存困境。BBC 中文網,取自 http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/hong_kong_review/2016/02/160202_hkreview_homeless

The last citywide count was conducted by the Social Welfare Department in 1999. It now obtains its data from the Street Sleepers Registry, which counts street sleepers but ignores those living in shelters. Some 555 street sleepers were recorded in 2012.

1,400 homeless sleeping on Hong Kong’s streets, double government estimates. (2014, March 31). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1461195/1400-homeless-hong-kong-double-government-estimate-study