Travellers set up Harrow camp

Harrow Council are to "back the police" after it was reported that around 15 caravans and up to 50 people set up an illegal traveller site in the grounds of the former Kodak factory in the area.

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Harrow travellers moved on by police

The travellers' camp in Harrow. Credit: ITN

A group of travellers who set up camp in northwest London have been moved on by police. The camp was set in the grounds of the old Kodak factory in Harrow. This afternoon, officers issued a warning to the community, and later returned to ensure they left the area.

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Harrow Council: Illegal travellers 'must abide by law'

Harrow Council are to "back the police" after it was reported that around 15 caravans and up to 50 people set up an illegal traveller site in the grounds of the former Kodak factory in the area.

Leader of Harrow Council, Cllr Susan Hall said in a statement:

These people have no right to simply set up home anywhere they like in Harrow. This is nothing to do with ethnicity or lifestyle choice; the fact is being a traveller does not mean you can take a pick and mix approach to the law, you have to abide by the same laws about where you can live as everyone else does.

We will watch the situation carefully and if an eviction proves necessary, we entirely back the police in that.

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