Cubans ask for immigration regularization before the presidency of Uruguay

A group of Cubans demonstrated this Tuesday in front of the Uruguayan Presidency building to ask for the regularization of their immigration status.

“Together with the Cuban community today in the Presidency, advocating for the regularization of the immigration status of Cubans who decided to seek freedom in Uruguay,”reportedon Twitter the civil association Cubanos Libres in Uruguay, who shared images of the event.

The Cuban community in Uruguay is growing and more articulate. As stated in 2022 by the political refugee Jorge Valdés, founder of Cubanos Libres in Uruguay, lThe Cuban community established in the South American country was no longer transit, but was growingand developed increasingly integrated into society.

“Uruguay has been a favorite destination for Cubans for many years (...) We are no longer a transit community and Uruguay is not a springboard, as is sometimes said, for Cubans,” said Valdés.

A few days ago, for example,It was learned that more than 60 families have formed a Cuban neighborhood over five yearsmigrants in Uruguay, after an irregular journey across numerous borders.

The Cubans have settled in the town of San José de Carrasco Norte, in a peripheral area of the City of La Costa, in the department of Canelones, 26 kilometers from Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital.

In February, Cuban doctors asked in a letter addressed to the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, thataccelerate the revalidation of university degrees to be able to practice your profession in that country.

The Association of Free Cubans in Uruguay considers that the largest immigrant community in that country is Cuban, although there is no updated census on the number of its members.In 2019 there were more than 5,000 Cubans in the country.