Traveller children 'blocked from Christmas market and forced onto trains by police'

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A travellers' charity is considering taking legal action against polce after children were stopped attending Manchester market.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Traveller communities have accused police of stopping them from attending Manchester Christmas markets, instead hording children onto trains and out of the city. Young people from traveller communities across the country journeyed to Manchester last weekend to visit the city’s Christmas markets.

Their mother told MEN the girl ‘was hysterical’ when she called her from the train bound for Grimsby. The Traveller Movement, a charity dedicated tackling discrimination and equality towards Travellers, has called the footage ‘completely unacceptable’ and said it is considering taking legal action against GMP.

 

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