Basildon Council plans to evict a community of 400 Irish Travellers, including 100 children, from the Dale Farm site as the development is in breach of planning law. The High Court ruled last month that no human rights have been infringed, and that council bailiffs can now begin to eject 86 families of Irish Travellers from the 51 illegal pitches on Dale Farm. Essex Police are on standby for an operation that is estimated to cost £18m. The Travellers, who own the land but have not been granted planning permission, have said that they will resist the eviction.
Media coverage of the planned eviction has focused almost exclusively on the planning law and human rights aspects of the eviction. Much less attention has been paid to the detrimental effect that the eviction may have on the educational outcomes of the Traveller children.
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