[de_Selby]

Travellers could also be considered gypsies. They are mainly in Ireland and England and are regarded similarly.

Part of the problem is that a nomadic lifestyle just doesn't gel with modern society so they don't integrate at all. For the same reason it's hard for these people to find work and a subset do often turn to crime.

Culturally they also have very conservative and often misogynistic views which acts as another barrier to integration.

In ways it is similar to the issues with Islamic migrants integrating into European society. It's too simplistic to just label it as racism and be done with it (not to say there isn't racism). There are real issues.

[xyzzyz]

Interestingly, English and Irish travelers are unrelated to mainland gypsies: they are mostly of the same ancestry as regular English and Irish, they just live different lifestyle on the edge of society. On the other hand, most mainland gypsies are actually their own ethnicity with their own separate genetic ancestry.

[ithkuil]

> Travellers could also be considered gypsies

Yes I heard people use that label for all nomadic minorities. I wonder if it's improper use of the word.

[ciceryadam]

Well, in UK it seems that is either Gypsy or Irish Traveller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers#/media/File:P...

[Gibbon1]

> issues with Islamic migrants integrating into European society.

As an American this always baffles me.