Inside the migrant Shed City: Immigrants living in cramped and illegally built garden sheds

EU immigration was undercounted by the Office for National Statistics by 600,000 over a 13-year period Hounslow has 20,000 gardens with ramshackle sheds a lot of them rented out illegally The official Hounslow population is 250,000 but one councillor says it is really more like 300,000

By Sue Reid

PUBLISHED: 16:16 EST, 12 July 2013 | UPDATED: 17:41 EST, 12 July 2013

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Knocking at a cream-painted terrace house in a suburb near Heathrow Airport, Matthew Robinson was a man on a mission.

Council here! he shouted through the front door. We want to inspect your shed in the back garden.

A few minutes later, the official from Hounslow Council had his suspicions confirmed.

Behind the house was a jerry-built shack thrown together with breeze blocks and distinct signs of human habitation.

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Inside the migrant Shed City: Immigrants living in cramped and illegally built garden sheds