Don’t be quick to condemn travellers
While it is easy to condemn these people who wish to live their lives this way as other generations before them have we seem to have forgotten as a society our responsibility for the welfare of the children of the Gypsies and travellers.
When moving to a new location frequently they have been turned away from joining the local doctors, children joining new schools are subjected to bullying, and as a result of constant moving from site to site 80 per cent of the children leave school illiterate.
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Hide AdSo before we condemn Gypsies and travellers because of their way of life we should not forget they are human beings and come under the flag of the Human Rights Act and European Court of Human Rights which does afford them some protection. - Pam Thomas, via email.