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