The main border crossings used by the Uruguayans were the bridges of Paysandú, Fray Bentos and Salto
With 34,000 Uruguayans leaving the country, the land borders they were collapsed yesterday due to the beginning of the Tourism Weekreaching up 2.5 kilometers queue to be able to cross into the neighboring country where an increase in traffic is expected from Thursday or Friday.
Thousands of Uruguayans have already left the country for the start of the holidays for Tourism Week. This Saturday there were delays of up to 4 hours to cross into Argentina through the General San Martin Bridgeaccording to the news agency UyPress.
Until noon, 4,500 people passed through that point, while fluid movement was also recorded along the borders with Brazil. On the morning of this Saturday, the Highway Police reported that there was a long line of vehicles waiting to enter Argentina, approximately 2.5 kilometers long.
From Wednesday March 29 to Friday the 31st they left the country 56,000 peopleaccording to data provided by the National Directorate of Migration. At the same time, during the last three days of the week, more than 52,000 people entered the country. They were mostly uruguayans (34,000). Besides, 10,500 Argentines and 2,700 Brazilians entered. The main starting points were Paysandú, Fray Bentos and Salto.
Paysandú collapsed
On the bridge that connects the Uruguayan city of paysandu with the Argentine city, Colonaccording to the Underlined outlet, Migrations reported queues of up to 5 kilometers away from office posts. The lines had started at six in the morning on Saturday.
To cross from the neighboring country to Uruguay, the queues were shorter, which is why 4 posts were used to cross, unlike the border crossing to Argentina where six positions worked simultaneously. According to the migration office, a greater traffic of people to Argentina is expected from Thursday and Friday of this week when Easter begins.
Source: Ambito
