Briefing: Accommodation issues facing Gypsies and Travellers in England

A briefing covering accommodation issues facing Gypsies and Travellers in England

A Short Guide to the Policing Act 2022

This is a short guide for Gypsies and Travellers in understanding the new powers relating to roadside camps in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

Shadow Report to the Universal Periodic Review Working Group and UN Member States: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities

This document reports on the progress or deterioration of the enjoyment of human rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, structured by areas of life in which discrimination and barriers are routinely encountered, for the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review.

Alternative Report to the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

This report focuses on the Council of Europe Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Recommendations and related Articles under the 4th cycle of scrutiny.

Roma and Travellers: Council of Europe Thematic Factsheet

The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported by States in European Court’s judgments, concerning: access to justice, right to respect for private and family life, including issues related to forced sterilisation of Roma women,
protection from hate crime and housing rights, protection of property and right to education.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2021

This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2021 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of their right to pursue a nomadic way of life.

Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Public Bill Committee: on Part 4 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Public Bill Committee for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC). This submission outlines why Part 4 of the PCSC Bill should be removed.

The Criminalisation of Trespass – Community Law Partnership Legal Briefing

On 17th March 2021, Community Law Partnership released a legal briefing on Government proposals to criminalise trespass in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.  The briefing provides context to unauthorised encampments in England and the likely impact of the legislation for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers.

Friends Families and Travellers submission to the Runnymede Trust Civil Society Monitoring Report 2021: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

The following submission draws on the previous 2016 CERD Committee recommendations on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in relation to; education, accommodation, race hate and steps taken to address discrimination in these areas.

Last on the list: An overview of unmet need for pitches on Traveller sites in England

Research on numbers of permanent and transit pitches available, and waiting list length on sites.

Homeless in Europe: Winter 2020

The FEANTSA Winter Magazine 2020 focuses on ‘Roma Experiences of Homelessness in Europe’. The edition includes a contribution from the team at Roma Support Group ‘An uncertain future for Roma rough sleepers in a post-Brexit UK’

House of Commons Library Research Briefing: Police powers unauthorised encampments

This short House of Commons Library briefing paper, written by Jennifer Brown, discusses police powers in relation to unauthorised encampments. It also discusses current Government proposals to reform the policing of unauthorised encampments.

Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Call for Evidence on Ethnic Disparities and Inequality in the UK

This response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities’ call for evidence sets out ethnic disparities and inequality in the UK for Gypsy and Traveller people.

Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups’ submission to the Public Services Committee Inquiry ‘Public Services: lessons from coronavirus’

Friends, Families and Travellers and the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups’ submission to the Public Services Committee Inquiry ‘Public Services: lessons from coronavirus’, calling for scrutiny and to hold the Government to account for their treatment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2020