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    According to the 2011 Census there were 58,000 ‘Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Travellers’ which is about 0.1% of the population.

    Looking at the prison population however one in 20 inmates – or 5% – told Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) that they considered themselves to be Gypsy, Romany or Traveller in 2012-13.

    The proportion is even higher in secure training centres (STCs), which hold young people between 12 and 18 years old, with 12% considering themselves Gypsy, Romany or Traveller.

    In Medway STC in Kent, this figure was 22%.

    Today I have heard numerous reports of our recent visitation in Deal which have not been covered in the local press from fighting in the streets and mass shoplifting down to the guy who runs the ice-cream van on the seafront serving a whole queue of traveller kids and asking for payment was told in no uncertain terms to 'f**k off'.

    Apparently they were last seen heading towards Sandwich ............................

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