Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Second Opinion: Ethnic status for Travellers – what’s stopping us? - Ireland

From the Irish Times

It is time to right the wrongs inflicted on Irish Travellers over the past 50 years. The Report on the Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity , from the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, published this month, makes a convincing case for the State finally to recognise Travellers as a distinct ethnic group.

The committee held public hearings involving Travellers, researchers, the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority, and concluded that “the evidence in favour of Traveller ethnicity is overwhelming”.

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