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*The Federal Council in 1881 authorized specialized agencies to operate in Switzerland to recruit migrants. | *The Federal Council in 1881 authorized specialized agencies to operate in Switzerland to recruit migrants. | ||
*The first group was composed of 1311 families who landed in a Chilean port 19 December 1883. Between 1883 and 1886 12,602 people, representing 7% of emigration from Switzerland overseas, traveled to the '''territory of Araucanía'''. The operations continued until 1890, when it was recorded that 22,708 Swiss had come to the heart of the Araucania. | *The first group was composed of 1311 families who landed in a Chilean port 19 December 1883. Between 1883 and 1886 12,602 people, representing 7% of emigration from Switzerland overseas, traveled to the '''territory of Araucanía'''. The operations continued until 1890, when it was recorded that 22,708 Swiss had come to the heart of the Araucania. | ||
*Between 1915 and 1950, after the last recorded mass exodus of Swiss to Chile 30,000 Swiss residents were found to be installed in the central area of the country, primarily in Santiago and Valparaiso.<ref name ="IC"/> | *Between 1915 and 1950, after the last recorded mass exodus of Swiss to Chile 30,000 Swiss residents were found to be installed in the central area of the country, primarily in Santiago and Valparaiso.<ref name ="IC">"Immigration to Chile", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Chile, accessed 25 May 2021.</ref> | ||
==Records of Swiss Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Swiss Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||