Dr. Robbie McVeigh:

It is not just about Travellers but about ethnicity, if one likes. I can give two classic examples. During the Second World War, many people did not want to be ethnically identified as Jewish. The Nazis and other races had a process to put people through in order to decide whether they belonged to an ethnic group. It was one that had terrible consequences for people. However, I can think of the example of Julian Amery who was not really Jewish, but in solidarity with Jewish people identified as Jewish and ended up in a concentration camp as a consequence. It is a complex process, but it is essential to the process of ethnicity being established. It is not just to do with Travellers or non-Travellers.