Its the same in australia,while we were on holiday in Huahin , a bunch of squatters (5 beachbums) moved in to our home, police could not do anything to help us, luckily help came in the middle of one night in the form of a chuck norris lookalike and his mate rambo mcnugget, severe physical warnings were issued in the form of lunmps ,bumps ,and bruises, that is why we always use housesitters now when we are away