Cuban migrants in Uruguay demonstrated this Thursday in front of the Executive Tower of Montevideo, to demand that the government pave the way for regularization.
"No more visa to start the residency process," demanded those affected, who raised signs in front of the Presidency headquarters.
Before, they made claims against theUruguayan Foreign Ministry, so that the authorities eliminate obstacles to accessing a residence in the South American country, the media reportedHD Underline on Facebook.
A census published a few weeks ago confirmed that Cuban migrants represent 20% of the foreign population in Uruguay.
In response to journalists who asked about it, the presidentLuis Lacalle Pou He said that "many people from Venezuela and Cuba came to our country and not because they wanted to, in fact, they miss us like crazy, I meet them everywhere, a while ago I meta Cuban, but they came because they had no other choice," he said.
However, Cubans must face difficult immigration processes to regulate their status in the nation, where thousands of Cubans were left undocumented due to new requirements to obtain a visa that allows them to become legal.
The measure specifically affects Cubans who gave up applying for political refuge and who since May of last year have needed a visa for legal stay within Uruguayan borders.
However, to obtain the visa the government began torequire entry and exit stamps from Brazil that demonstrate regular transit. This requirement, to which the State previously turned a blind eye, placed almost 10,000 Cubans in limbo.
"Our calculation is that between 9,000 and 10,000 Cubans living in Uruguay could remain in that limbo, irregularly, due to the new requirements to access the visa to enter the country," explained Alberto Gianotti, founder of the Support Network, on that occasion. to the Migrant.
In 2022, Uruguay denied asylum to 85% of Cuban applicants. However, despite the new immigration obstacles, in May of last year the Uruguayan government admitted that "it has no intention of deporting undocumented Cubans."
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