Refugee gallery
After the Pinochet bloody coup on the
11th of September of 1973 thousand of Chileans, left Chile for Perú,
and many arrived in Lima. I was one of them. Most of us Chileans were
well received by the Limeños. There was a lot of sympathy towards
our case. The ferocity of the coup in Chile caused a great impact in the
international community. We were, however, stranded in Lima. Many Chileans
did not even have proper documentation or a visa to stay and work in Perú.
The Peruvian Government, on the other hand, was not pleased to have so
many of us there. It was at this point that the United Nation High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) decided to intervene by providing support not only
to those Chileans living in Peru, but those living in many other countries
of Latin America. It was in Perú were many of us, who came to Scotland
on a bus, become refugees. Others, who arrived at a later stage, become
refugees in Argentina. In an act of great generosity and understanding,
the British government of the day accepted us here. It was, however, the
generosity of the hundred of people working on the Chile Solidarity Campaign
in Britain who took care of all of us once we arrived in Britain.
17th Sept 1974, my airline ticket, Lima to London. I become a Chilean Refugee.
Ticket fare met by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
1974-British Embasy in Lima-letter
given to Chileans about situation in GB
1974 Home Office's document very
important for the chilean Refugee people-certificate of registration with
the police
1974. Journey from London to Glasgow. I with Marcela Verdugo, a Paula
magazine columnist.
1975, Glasgow 800 years. We Chileans were invited to take part in this commemorative event.
1975-Hugo and Tulio-Chilean folk
group-at Drumchapel -Glasgow.
Below Carlos in the same city
1978. Chilean exiles in Edinburgh-Meadows. Marcela, her daughter marcelita,
Juan Carlos, Luis Hermosilla
1975 Calos Above, below At Drumchapel,Glasgow,Tulio Bravo,
Carlos Lno Homobone
1974. A stop from London to Glasgow:
Tulio Bravo, Marcela Verdugo,
Carlos and Beatriz Carreño
1970 -Demo-Liverpool by the Pier-
Carmen Castillo been released from
prison in Chile ,Glasgow Folk Group
played-Carlos Tulio and Hugo
1975 Folk Night
1975 The MacLellan Galery, Chilean
Folk Group,hugo,Tulio,Carlos
1976 Solidarity performances related to the Chile Solidarity Campaing in Scotland
1974, London, Max Flores and Carlos
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1976 Renfrew, Alberto,Carlos, Mchael
Foot, Tulio, Hugo (Tucahual)