Northern Ireland’s refugees 50 years on: ‘I can still see him standing there waving’

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In August 1971 thousands fled To refugee camps south of the Border to escape the troubles. Here, some remember that summerIn August 1971, west Belfast was in chaos. “It was a mass evacuation of women and children,” remembers Carmel Quinn – then eight-year-old Carmel Laverty from Ballymurphy.