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

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

Historical background

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

There were Muslims, Christians, and also some Jews among them.[2]

New wave of immigration in the 21st century

As of October 2014, Uruguay received a new immigration flow of Syrian people, this time as a consequence of the Syrian Civil War.[3] 42 Syrian people from five families were received by President José Mujica on 9 October.[4] Because of allegedly insufficient support by the government, some Syrians prostested in 2015 and requested visa to leave the country.[5] One family reportedly tried to leave Uruguay via Serbia in August 2015 but was sent back because of missing visa.[6]

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. ^ "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay. Retrieved 21 May 2019. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Uruguayan resettlement scheme offers Syrian refugees a lifeline". The Guardian. 27 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Syrian families find refuge in Uruguay". El Observador. 9 October 2014. (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "In Uruguay wäscht Wut auf "undankbare Syrer"". Die Welt. 21 October 2015. (in German)
  6. ^ "Syrians resettled in Uruguay: We want to go back". CNN. 10 September 2015.


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