| The squatters were evicted a week later but a tent city that went up around the building persists. |
| The air smells of smoke from the campfires of squatters who live on vacant lots, next door to software executives and movie stars. |
| He said any police intervention was likely to have a dire effect because some of the squatters were now armed with automatic firearms. |
| Commons were enclosed, and waste land reclaimed, by landlords or squatters, with consequent extinction of common grazing rights. |
| He has backed the invasions, saying the squatters are simply reclaiming land stolen by colonialists. |
| Police continued to keep a close watch on the squatters to ensure that the makeshift homes were not re-erected once the demolition was completed. |
