Can you stop illegal encampments being set up in first place? Do you work together with the police and other local authorities to find out when Travellers are about to arrive?
We do work together on this and we do pass information on when we have it. Large-scale encampments need special treatment due to their size but most of our encampments are 10 vehicles or fewer. Travellers have to be able to stop somewhere and it is no good the police chasing them from pillar to post – sooner or later they will have to park up. Unless local authorities can provide suitable stopping places, Travellers will continue to find their own, often in less than desirable places.
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