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During the past decade, migration has become an important issue for Ecuador" due to the social, political and economic impacts generated by several migration contexts. Ecuador, as an origin and recipient country of migration, refugees, domestic migration and transit country is a very special case for study. Despite its small territorial dimension and the difficult economic situation, the country is characterized by all the aforementioned migration patterns.

Over a million and a half Ecuadorians have migrated, mainly in the last ten years, particularly to Spain, Italy and the United States. This has changed the political and social perception of migration since it has generated, inter alia, foreign income, increased irregular migration and a new model of transnational families. Furthermore, Ecuador has received the highest number of refugees and displaced people in the Andean region in the North of Latin America. It has …