Syrian Uruguayan
Sirio-uruguayo
السوريون في اوروجواي
Regions with significant populations
Montevideo
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

  • Amir Hamed (1962-2017), translator
  • Jorge Antonio Chibene (1917–2007), businessman and political figure
  • Amin Niffouri (born 1971), politician
  • Raquel Daruech (born 1953), journalist


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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