The families left Lebanon in October 2014 to come to the South American nation, where they say "they have no future," the Uruguayan News Agency (UyPress) reported.
The families, 42 people in all, were camped out with their luggage and other belongings at the central Independence Plaza facing government headquarters, complaining about the high costs of living, low wages and inability to secure visas to travel.
The Syrians arrived under an outreach initiative of then President Jose Mujica. They were to be followed by seven more refugee families from the Middle East, with a total of 116 people.
According to UyPress, the five families were to meet with President Tabare Vazquez later in the day.
Presidential spokesman Juan Andres Roballo met with a delegation of the refugees and told them the United Nations would decide in two days' time whether they could return, the daily El Observador reported.
Ibrahim Al Mohammad, one of the refugees, told UyPress that his 11,000-peso (383.6 US dollars) salary working at a hospital was not enough to cover expenses for him, his wife and three children.
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8/9/15
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"We will not do anything to help them return to Syria as they are demanding. They cannot return to Syria," said Javier Miranda, the country's Secretary for Human Rights, in an interview with local daily El Pais.
"How could they return to a country at war? As a government, we cannot take on the responsibility of helping someone return to a war-torn country," he told the newspaper.
He said that the government also believed the Syrian families were really trying to get to European countries like Germany where they believe they could have better living conditions.
"They can go if they want, the problem is who would receive them. I do not believe they want to go back to Syria, but to Europe," added the secretary.
The five families, totaling 42 members, came to the Latin American country after they were encouraged by an initiative of then Uruguayan president Jose Mujica. Since then, seven more families have arrived, bringing to 116 the total number of Syrian refugees in Uruguay.
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10/9/15