Mali London
Mali London (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Лондон, English: Little London) is a settlement in Serbia at the outskirts of Pančevo, close to the capital Belgrade. The Tamiš River runs through Mali London. It has about 700 residents.
The settlement's inhabitants are mainly Roma (Gypsies) and they have lived there for at least 30 years. Many of the Roma of Mali London make a living by recycling metal. Used cars are brought to the settlement and taken apart, to be resold as scrap or sheet metal. The settlement is without running water or electricity, and it presents a health risk for its inhabitants; resettlements of its inhabitants is being considered by the municipal authorities, but the funding and the target settlement are uncertain.
References
- BBC News story
- Od sapuna do fakulteta, "Pančevac", 21. July 2006.
See also
- Little London - A full list of places with this name
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