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Down and out on the south coast
Deprivation and homelessness are rife in Kent. DANIEL ESSON reports

WHEN people think of Kent they think of many things, the white cliffs of Dover, rolling hills and fields, the “garden of England.” 

Having lived here my whole life, different things come to mind. Dover is the gateway to England from Europe. It boasts an extremely active shipping and passenger port, a historic castle, and a dying high street, where people sleeping in the doorways of closed-down shops is an all too common sight. 

This has been a fixture for as long as I can remember, with no obvious assistance being provided by local authorities.

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