Uruguay says Guantanamo refugees' families welcome
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The six Guantanamo Bay prisoners sent to Uruguay to be resettled as refugees are welcome to bring their families, get jobs and cheer for the local soccer team of their choice, the country's defense minister said Monday, and one issued a letter thanking the country for taking them in.
Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro told local radio Carve that the six, who arrived early Sunday, are undergoing medical checkups and are doing well.
He said the government will help them find work and they will be fully welcomed into Uruguayan society. As with earlier immigrants, he said, he expects them to find "a job, work to put bread on the table, bring the family, live in peace and sit in the stands of a stadium, becoming a fan of some soccer team."
The minister said that one of the men who had been on a long-term hunger strike has begun eating and will soon be released from the hospital.
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