- Title p-PRT-1975-030
- Record Creation Date
- Summary "Returnees from Angola have been arriving in Lisbon, Portugal, since mid 1975. In the past month as a result of an airbridge organised by the Government the number of returnees has greatly increased and is now reaching 3000-5000 persons per day. The Government has estimated that by 1st November 300 000 people will have returned. Accommodation is provided by relatives, friends and Government. Every effort is being made to avoid creating camps for the returnees and they are encouraged to go out into the towns and villages in search of employment. The Portuguese Red Cross has been asked by the Government for an increasingly more active role in helping the returnees. They have manned a reception centre at the airport since the beginning of the "air-bridge" and have established the following services there: nursery, clinic, first-aid station, meals, resting/sleeping area. They transport ill and injured returnees to hospitals and have been distributing clothing from their Headquarters office in Lisbon. The services at the airport have been increased to meet the needs of the increased arrivals. The government through the special organisation created to assist the returnees (IARN) - and despite the present economic problems in Portugal - is providing substantial assistance. Not all returnees are without resources. However, the people are coming from a tropical African country into the beginning of a European winter. Therefore the National Red Cross Society desires to supplement the government programme by providing as quickly as possible warm clothing, blankets and bedding to approximately 100 000 of the returnees for about a four months period wherever they are settled in the 14 districts. [...]" Relief Bureau Circular No 605: https://ifrc.soutron.net/Public/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19043 Scanned from 35mm black and white negative using auto-exposure. Converted to JPEG, cropped border before upload. For copyright reasons this photograph can only be viewed on-site at the IFRC Archives. For enquiries about access and reproduction of this image please contact archives.contact@ifrc.org
- Resolution Low Resolution (Smaller than 1MB)
- Region Europe
- Archive series Communications Photographs : Film set labelled: Portugal / Photos: Mingam / 2 / 27.10.1975
- Archive source format Negative
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- Alternative title
- Date_Taken 27th October 1975
- Keywords Archive, Complex emergency, Conflict, Migration, Shelter
- Language N/A
- Location Lisbon, airport
- Music
- Reference Number p-PRT-1975-030
- Rights usage terms Ask permission before use
- Subtitles N/A
- Copyright owner SIPA-Press
- Country Portugal
- Credit line A. Mingam
- Existing Description
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