A group of former Guantanamo Bay prison camp detainees have staked out the U.S. embassy in Uruguay in a demonstration meant to pressure the U.S. government to provide them taxpayer-funded reparations for their time spent in the terrorist prison, according to Uruguayan officials.

Three of the six former detainees sent to Uruguay following their release from Gitmo have spent days camped in front of the U.S. embassy located in Montevideo, according to Uruguayan officials and regional reports.

The three men—two Syrian nationals and a Tunisian—have been sleeping outside the compound on blankets and tents since the weekend, according to regional reports.

The former inmates are demanding the U.S. government provide them with taxpayer-funded financial support and pay for their housing. They have been receiving about $600 a month from the Uruguay government, but claim this is not enough for them to subsist.

Several of them have turned down job offers in the past months, according to those familiar with the issue.

"We are not leaving until we speak with the ambassador," one former detainee, Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi, was quoted as telling the Buenos Aires Herald Monday.

After failing to gain an audience with U.S. officials, the protestors have continued their strike throughout the week, according to separate reports.

The U.S. embassy confirmed that the former Gitmo inmates were stationed outside of the building and urged them to schedule a meeting through proper channels.

"A group of ex-detainees from the Guantanamo Detention Center that have been in Uruguay for several months, recently appeared in front of the U.S. Embassy requesting a meeting with the head of the Embassy," a spokesman said in a statement.

"The Embassy is aware of this request and asks that all requests for meetings be made through the appropriate channels and during normal business hours," the statement says.

An Embassy spokesman declined to provide further comment on the matter when contacted by the Washington Free Beacon on Wednesday.