Syrians in Uruguay
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| Montevideo | |
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| Rioplatense Spanish (Uruguayan Spanish), Arabic | |
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| Christianity and Islam | |
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| Other Uruguayan people, Syrian people |
A Syrian Uruguayan (Arabic: السوريون في اوروجواي) is a Uruguayan citizen of Syrian descent or a Syrian naturalized Uruguayan. Uruguay has several thousands of people with Arab descent, whose ancestors came mostly from Lebanon; a minority came also from Syria.[1]
As of October 2014, Uruguay is receiving a new immigration flow of Syrian people, this time as a consequence of the Syrian Civil War.[2] 42 Syrian people from five families were received by President José Mujica on 9 October.[3] Because of allegedly insufficient support by the government, some Syrians prostested in 2015 and requested visa to leave the country.[4] One family reportedly tried to leave Uruguay via Serbia in August 2015 but was sent back because of missing visa.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Renzo Pi Hugarte. "La asimilación cultural de los siriolibaneses y sus descendientes en Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2015. (Spanish)
- ↑ "Uruguayan resettlement scheme offers Syrian refugees a lifeline". The Guardian. 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Syrian families find refuge in Uruguay". El Observador. 9 October 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ "In Uruguay wäscht Wut auf "undankbare Syrer"". Die Welt. 21 October 2015. (German)
- ↑ "Syrians resettled in Uruguay: We want to go back". CNN. 10 September 2015.
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