Las Niñas y Niños en el Proceso Migratorio: Una Realidad que Continúa Vigente

The migratory process has been a constant activity for human beings since the beginning at a global level and the reasons for which they have decided to do so respond to the needs of survival throughout history, in the Latin American case and particularly at the Ecuadorian territory level, the economic crisis and political instability pushed to the growth of unemployment and social instability. This migration was carried out under illegal conditions and with large debts to illegal persons or entities, which imposed high economic interests, therefore, these debts had to be paid as soon as possible and to achieve this, those who migrated had to face almost subhuman living conditions, in order to save and be able to send the necessary remittances for the payment of their assets. This situation placed the migrant in a heroic position within the family circle and society as a whole, because due to the remittances that entered the country and dollarization, the national economy was able to stabilize, increasing monetary circulation and thus access to goods and services that years before had not been available to the general population, due to the high costs involved in acquiring them. In this context, the absence of fathers and/or mothers was undermined within the family environment, giving them a free hand to benefit from greater economic access and social practices different from those of their parents. key words: migration, youth, family, children.