Syrians in Uruguay

Syrian Uruguayan
Sirio-uruguayo
السوريون في اوروجواي
Regions with significant populations
Montevideo
Languages
Rioplatense Spanish (Uruguayan Spanish), Arabic
Religion
Christianity and Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Uruguayan people, Syrian people

Syrian Uruguayans (Arabic: السوريون في اوروجواي‎‎) are Uruguayan citizens of Syrian descent or a Syrian naturalized Uruguayan.

Historical background

Uruguay has several thousands of people with Arab descent, whose ancestors came mostly from Lebanon; a minority came also from Syria.[1]

New wave of immigration in the 21st century

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]

Notable Syrian Uruguayans

See also

References

  1. ↑ Renzo Pi Hugarte. "La asimilación cultural de los siriolibaneses y sus descendientes en Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2015. (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Uruguayan resettlement scheme offers Syrian refugees a lifeline". The Guardian. 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Syrian families find refuge in Uruguay". El Observador. 9 October 2014. (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "In Uruguay wäscht Wut auf "undankbare Syrer"". Die Welt. 21 October 2015. (in German)
  5. ↑ "Syrians resettled in Uruguay: We want to go back". CNN. 10 September 2015.



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