Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
Roma and Travellers in six countries
This report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights presents survey findings on the experiences of Roma and Travellers from Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights – The Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications
This submission highlights how the Government response to Covid-19 has failed to ensure the protection of the rights of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers under Article 2 Right to education, Article 8 Respect for private and family life in conjunction with Article 14 Protection from discrimination of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998.
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Best Practice for assessing the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers
This document provides a good practice guide, seeking to improve the undertaking and application of assessments for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation needs.
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Supporting Roma Voices
Through the Supporting Roma Voice project this report addresses knowledge gaps regarding the way in which the inclusion of migrant Roma in the UK is being addressed.
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No place to stop: Research on the five year supply of deliverable Gypsy and Traveller sites in the South East of England
This research is an update on the research we carried out in 2016 which found that 10 out of 66 local authorities had identified a 5 year supply of specific deliverable sites. The situation has worsened since then.
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Submission to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
This is a joint report from 5 organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to the Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to help inform the list of issues the Committee requests the UK Government addresses.
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The potential for a negotiated stopping approach in London
Negotiated stopping is a humane and balanced way of supporting families and managing roadside camps in a safe and secure way. London Gypsies and Travellers explore whether this approach could help in London.
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Police oppose criminalising unauthorised encampments and call for more sites
FOI requests on police responses to the government consultation on police powers for dealing with unauthorised encampments found that police largely identified the lack of site provision as the priority issue, not criminalisation.
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Friends Families and Travellers: Vision for Change 2019-22
Our Vision for Change sets out how we aim to achieve our goal of ending racism, discrimination and the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Life on and off the hard shoulder: Older Gypsies living on the roadside and in housing
A study from Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on the lives and experiences of older Gypsies and Travellers living nomadically and in bricks and mortar.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2018-2019
Read this report for an overview of FFT’s achievements between 2018-19 providing advice and legal support to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers and developing evidence-based research to build campaigns raising the public awareness of the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Gypsy and Traveller sites: the revised planning definition’s impact on assessing accommodation needs
Research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that following the change to Gypsy and Traveller in planning policy (2015) the perceived need for Gypsy and Traveller in pitches according to local planning authorities has fallen by almost 75%.
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Good practice briefing: Gypsies and Travellers
Homelessness charity, Shelter, provides an overview of the issues faced by Gypsy and Traveller communities in accessing housing and services.
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Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom: Populations size and experiences of local authorities and partners
University of Salford researchers produced this report to build a greater awareness about Roma communities in the UK and to identify the areas where local authorities and Roma communities may need support building positive outcomes.
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Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in the United Kingdom: Assessing progress in key policy areas of the strategy
Prepared by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups, FFT and other NGOs this report makes recommendations to the UK Government to establish a National Roma Integration Strategy in key policy areas.
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