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“They have the power and we don’t have anything”
Family battered by gentrification take comfort in Sweets Way occupation
BATTERED victims of London’s social cleansing sought comfort yesterday among campaigners occupying 60 Sweets Way in north London.
Esmaa Guernaoui and her son Abdou stopped by the occupied house on the housing estate their family was kicked out of three weeks earlier to make way for luxury flats.
Crying unconsolably, Ms Guernaoui told the Star how her husband, who suffers from a heart condition, ended up in hospital due to the stress of being moved around by Barnet Council.
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