Traveller community backs report into ‘Tinker Experiments’

It calls for compensation and an urgent upgrade to their housing.

Forced into substandard housing and pushed to abandon their way of life.

Scotland’s gypsy travellers have suffered decades of harm and hostility.

Many had their children removed as part of the “Tinker Experiment” which began in the 1940s and aimed to wipe out the travelling lifestyle.

Now, the community are backing a new report that calls for compensation and an urgent upgrade to their housing.

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Last updated Jan 29th, 2026 at 19:04

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