Perhaps "Ex Travellers" would be more appropriate Jim.

Regarding criminality and anti social behaviour, of course the lack of purpose to which I referred earlier and the sense of hopelessness in being tied to a lifestyle which is all but gone and unsustainable, throws up these symptoms, making the chasm between the communities even wider.

The "special group" legislation is also an impediment to integration as the settled communities see it as reverse discrimination in creating areas which are to all intents and purposes "beyond the law"

The old culture has gone Jim, how do you propose to deal with these transient people, do you want them to be assimilated into the settled community or should we have separate legislation to cover all groups who do not wish to conform?