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A caravan burns at Dale Farm in Essex where supporters have clashed with bailiffs and riot police at the UK's largest illegal travellers' site as the planned eviction finally got under way 19 October 2011
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

Open quoteWe are being dragged out of the only homes we have in this world.Close quote

  • KATHLEEN MCCARTHY,
  • Dale Farm resident, on her community's eviction from the green belt land in Essex during a standoff with riot police in the U.K. The Basildon Council's ruling marks the end of a 10-year dispute with travellers to remain on the land
Photo: CHRIS RADBURN / EPA | Source: BBC