Up to 100 homeless migrants living in a tent city opposite a famous Park Lane hotel today vowed to dig their heels in as furious locals slam the council for inaction.

The presence of tents opposite The Dorchester caused fury among residents and office workers who have accused the council of doing nothing to prevent one of the country’s most famous addresses being used as a squatters’ camp.

But today a spokesman for the group, thought to be composed mainly of Bosnians, told MailOnline: ‘We don’t have any money [to go anywhere else]. We will just stay here until we can find something.’

When we visited the Mayfair camp we found the group struggling to shelter from the rain in temporary shelters and without food, water or sanitation.

The camp is at the centre of London’s West End tourist Mecca, just a stone’s throw away from Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Speaker’s Corner, as well as Oxford Street.

It is just yards from an Aston Martin showroom and prestige hotels such as The Dorchester, the Beaumont, the Hyatt Regency and the Connaught.

The presence of dozens of homeless migrants opposite The Dorchester has caused fury

A group of 100 migrants who have built a shanty town of tents adjacent to Park Lane’s world famous hotels today insisted: ‘We’re not going anywhere’

But for the tycoons who look out on the camp from their penthouses, to see people drinking at 7am and using Hyde Park’s shrubberies as toilets is infuriating.

Pictures appear to show homeless migrants drinking cups of vodka at 7am in their makeshift camp blighting London’s swanky Mayfair district.

One resident, whose neighbours include former PM Tony Blair and former Phones 4U chief John Caudwell, today told of his anger that the group hasn’t been moved on.

He told MailOnline: ‘What must tourists think when they see this?

‘They get onto their open top buses to see Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and all that. And then they come to Park Lane and see this – what must they think?’

He went on: How are they allowed to just live here? It’s disgraceful. They have been here for months, and the council does nothing.

‘Do you know how much I pay in council tax? And what does Westminster Council do?

‘It’s outrageous that they have been allowed to pitch here in the first place – but the weeks go by and yet they are still here.

‘And it’s even getting worse – some tents have been there for a while but more have turned up over just the last few days.’

A man stands by a wall by the Park Lane sign where tents have been set up 

Pictured is the makeshift campsite in Park Lane today

Despite their presence ruffling feathers amongst those wealthy residents living in Park Lane, the migrants say they have no intention of leaving their camp.

A self-appointed spokesman for the group gave MailOnline a guided tour around the rain-sodden tents.

Sat on a rickety chair at a battered Formica topped table, the man in his 30s said: ‘I came two months ago to look for a job.

‘I came by plane. I haven’t found a job yet but I will keep trying. We have all left our children at home.

‘We don’t have any food and we don’t have any money. We just stay here until we can find something.’

He said most of them had got into the UK on temporary visas and were in the country looking for work to send money back to their families.

Among the junk dotted around the camp were old shopping trolleys, pallets, crates, bottles, cans, plastic bags and boxes.

Despite their presence ruffling feathers amongst those wealthy residents living in Park Lane, the migrants say they have no intention of leaving their camp

The camp is the latest migrant tent settlement to cause concern after popping up on public green space around Park Lane, Hyde Park and Mayfair

He showed us the tiny camp stove they use to cook meals on and the pots and pans they use when they have anything to prepare.

He said there are no toilets nearby and shrugged and waved a hand at the bushes when he was how they cope without them.

Thousands of tourists get a close-up view from the open-topped buses which stop at a terminal on Park Lane so that drivers can change over.

One driver said: ‘It’s not what people expect when they come on holiday to London.

‘It’s big enough to notice and our passengers always point and comment on it when we stop here.’

The camp is the latest migrant tent settlement to cause concern after popping up on public green space around Park Lane, Hyde Park and Mayfair.

Two months ago, a group of about 17 men and women left piles of rubbish – including plastic bottles, duvets, shoes and clothes – when they moved their tents away.

In 2019, migrants put up shelters outside the Hilton Park Mayfair, and the previous year, Romanians and Bulgarians pitched up in the same area.

A Westminster City Council spokesperson said officials would investigate what action could be taken against the camp.