At least one city in the Balearic Islands, a popular holiday destination, is said to be 'overrun' by shanty towns with UK ...

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.

Palma has been struggling with a proliferation of shanty dwellings, which, according to some estimates, have increased by 10 ...

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 ...

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 ...