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"Some of the time, when I'm sleeping, I can see people, I see people. People died in these buildings. People went missing. I'm sorry for the wrong path in my life," he told the BBC.

They say that around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics.

Many lined the streets sleeping on donated blankets, idling while they waited for food and water to be distributed by local charities.

“It was almost like a camping trip with sleeping bags,” Cameron recalled.

Brueckner is now sleeping in a tent in a park in Kiel, a city on the Baltic Sea in northern Germany, under the constant surveillance of two police officers assigned to protect him.