Large numbers of travellers and their children could end up on the streets if they lose their fight for a permanent site, a public inquiry has heard.
Speaking on the final day of the inquiry into the Crays Hill travellers' site, Neil Weeks, counsel for some travellers, said: "Failure of the appeal would mean the break-up of their families.
"They would en masse be made homeless."
Published Thursday, January 23, 2003
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