Amnesty plea as 400 Irish Travellers face eviction

UP to 400 Irish travellers are facing forced evictions from a farm in east London which is part of Britain’s largest Traveller settlement.

Local authorities in Essex have given notice to leave the site by August 31 to 86 families living at the farm — and have said they will cut off water and electricity supplies following the eviction.

Despite the land being owned by Traveller, Romany and Gypsy families, the Irish Travellers have been denied repeated requests to build residential properties there because of local zoning restrictions.