A census is being carried out. Is 600 a realistic figure? There are now a number of settlements in various parts of the city.

The city has a dark underbelly that belies its affluent and stylish central districts, frequented by tourists.

A popular holiday hotspot, which is a big hit with Brits, is on the brink of collapse and residents are living in "shanty towns" as luxury accommodation dominates the area ...

The government wants to remove all shanty towns Some 9.5 million people live in these so called informal settlements which have been built up around the former townships. The ministry of housing says ...

As pressure for space grows across the Canary Islands, locals have been forced to find accommodation wherever they can – and in some cases they are living in 'shanty towns' of handmade huts ...

A massive fire tore through a shanty town and left thousands homeless in the Philippines capital Manila. The blaze broke out in the slums of Isla Puting Bato - a squatter settlement that sits next ...

Welcome to Juju Valley, a shanty settlement in South Africa, where some 600 families live in neat rows of shacks built from corrugated iron sheets and tidy gardens. Juju Valley is a settlement on ...

The Wanigela settlement in Port Moresby looks out directly over APEC Haus, but might as well be a world away. With the South Pacific nation's rainy season looming, Wanigela's thousands of ...

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the ...