The Guantanamo Bay Collection consists of photographs taken by Kenneth (Allegro) Shartz aka Fr. Cyril Shartz between 1994 and 1996 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he worked as an English teacher, through the World Relief Organization. The collection is composed of 433 digitized photographs that detail the daily life of the refugees. Images also include pictures of the refugees, the humanitarian workers, the detention camps, the wildlife, and the naval base. At the peak of the economic, political and social problems in Cuba in 1994, many Cubans set out in homemade vessels in an attempt to reach the United States. These people are often referred to as the boat people or rafters. Unsure of how to handle the large migration of refugees, the American government decided to send the rafters to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Finally, in 1995, the Clinton administration decided that 23,000 Cubans would be allowed to enter the United States.
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