Venezuelan women refugees are 'forced to prostitute themselves for just $7 and sell locks of their hair

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Venezuelan women who have fled their economically ravaged homeland have been forced to sell their bodies and locks of their hair to Colombians just to earn a few dollars.

Girls as young as 14 years old reportedly earn $7 ‘per service’ while local Colombian wigmakers are offered between $10 and $30, according to Fox News.

Teachers, police officers and newspaper carriers are among those turning to the sex trade in Colombia to provide for their children and relatives back home.

The undocumented women often end up working in sordid bars and the tropical climate exposes them to infections and diseases such as malaria.

According to the United Nations, more than 3 million Venezuelans have fled to neighboring countries, including Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.

Colombia has taken in the most refugees, with more than 1 million Venezuelans pouring into the country, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Venezuelans flee their country destitute. With no work permits or passports, they are forced to make do in any way they can.

‘Hair, looking for hair,’ is often heard from people looking to buy women’s hair.

Women near border areas are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, since drug-trafficking groups are known to operate there.

Victims are forced to hand over identification documents to ‘pimp types’ who coerce them into offering their bodies.

‘Due to the brutal economic situation in Venezuela, they come to Colombia looking for a job, or at least for shelter and basic care. But they usually end up selling candles or coffee at traffic lights,’ said Amy Roth Sandrolini, chief of staff at The Exodus Road, a U.S.-based organization devoted to fighting human trafficking globally.

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