Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation between Colombia and Ecuador

Abstract

This article is the result of an study that took place during the months of August to September of the years 2013 and 2014. This article aims to put in relation the conditions of refugee women in Ecuador and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and prostitution as a work to survive. In order to put into relation this two realities, in first place it will be analysed the Colombian conflict, in second place there will be analysed the legal reality of refugees in Ecuador, in third place there will be analysed the conditions of Colombian women who are refugees in Ecuador and the link among refugee conditions and human trafficking for sexual exploitation. On last place, legal alternatives are proposed about the link between human trafficking for sexual exploitation and refugee conditions in Ecuador.