At least 5,000 Cubans ask to regularize their residence in Uruguay: “We are in limbo” They do not have refugee status in the South American country nor can they renounce the asylum application to process permanent residence. Milagros Rodríguez left Cuba for Uruguay with the intention of starting a new life in Montevideo.
In 2023 alone, the report indicates, 9,129 people requested refuge in Uruguay, of which 7,293 were Cubans.