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16 Jan, 8 tweets, 4 min read

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Morning all, you may have seen in the @Telegraph and @thetimes this morning that @pritipatel will shortly announce that it will make it a criminal offence to trespass with the intention of settling. 1/n
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/1…

@pritipatel

The majority of people living on roadside camps have no place to stop because of Government failure to identify anywhere. @pritipatel's plans will therefore mean that people can be imprisoned and fined for the "crime" of having nowhere to live. 2/n

Our research, released this week, shows that there is a huge unmet need for pitches on Traveller sites, with over 1696 families on waiting lists for public sites in England. 3/n
gypsy-traveller.org/planning/new-r…

In September, we launched research which shows that only 21.7% of police respondents to the Home Office’s consultation felt roadside camps should be criminalised whilst 93.7% of police bodies called for site provision as the solution. 4/n
gypsy-traveller.org/news/police-re…

Over the coming weeks, we will be doing all we can to stop these harmful plans. If you believe that not having a place to live is not a crime, then we need your help. Please follow us on Twitter and we will let you know actions you can take over the coming weeks. 5/n

If you or someone you love lives on a roadside camp, we are here to support you to have your voice heard in these debates, please DM us if you want to have your story shared. We can do so in a way that is safest for you 6/n

@pritipatel

Typo: apologies for the small typo above, it should say "@pritipatel will shortly announce that the Government will.."

You can find our full response to today's news here:
gypsy-traveller.org/news/fft-respo…

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@GypsyTravellers

14 Jan

Our #LastOnTheList research, released today, shows there is a huge unmet need for pitches on Traveller sites.

We're calling on the Government to:
👉 Bring back pitch targets
👉 Ring-fence funding to build Traveller sites

Read the full report here: gypsy-traveller.org/planning/new-r…

Our report comes against the backdrop of Home Office proposals to fine, imprison and remove the homes of people living on roadside camps. We are expecting the results of this consultation in the coming weeks.

For families who have nowhere to go, the proposals are terrifying. In most of England, there are long waiting lists for pitches on a Traveller site so the Government's proposals mean that thousands of families may be punished for the "crime" of having nowhere to go.

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@GypsyTravellers

19 Dec 19

As you may be aware, the Government is running a consultation on increasing police powers, or criminalising trespass.

We have laid out a guide on how to respond (with templates), here: gypsy-traveller.org/how-to-say-no-… (1/21)

If you’re on mobile, you won’t be able to fill in any of the templates.

Instead, we recommend opening the Government form on one tab and following this Twitter thread, where we will lay out how to answer each question! (2/21)

Please include information on how this would affect you personally.

This is the link for the Government form page: homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/I1EI5/ (3/21)

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