Countryfile report sparks outrage as BBC viewers rage 'it's a disgrace!'
Countryfile returned to screens with a brand-new episode on Sunday (March 29), but as presenters Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani explored the aftermath of Storm Goretti at St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, the programme shifted to a different focus. Reporter Datshiane Navanayagam presented a shocking report about the sharp rise in homelessness within rural areas. After sharing her own experience, she revealed: "Charities say hidden homelessness within young people is even more invisible in the countryside.
"From sofa surfing to sleeping in cars or in the woods, and this is often undercounted in statistics, meaning less support is offered." As Datshiane spoke to Ethan, who experienced homelessness at 18 in Devon, viewers took to X/Twitter with fury. One raged: "Watching #countryfile and seeing the disgraceful treatment of young British people who need accommodation and then being discarded with zero empathy. Yet hundreds of thousands of migrants have been housed and looked after without a second thought!" Another echoed: "I'm finding this quite sad. Poor lads can't get a house. What is the difference from the 80's/90's when lads and lassies could get a job and a flat or cottage at reasonable rents?"
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