It was called the “Tinker Experiment” and for decades it saw members of Scotland’s gypsy traveller community forced into substandard accommodation – while others had their children forcibly removed.
Research into the impact of the policy has seen it described as cultural genocide.
Today, the First Minister apologised for the “trauma” caused and said it should never have happened.
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