Editing Refugee (section)

===Exploitation===
{{See also|Human trafficking}}
Refugee populations consist of people who are terrified and are away from familiar surroundings. There can be instances of exploitation at the hands of enforcement officials, citizens of the host country, and even United Nations peacekeepers. Instances of human rights violations, child labor, mental and physical trauma/torture, violence-related trauma, and [[Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response|sexual exploitation]], especially of children, have been documented. In many refugee camps in three war-torn West African countries, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, young girls were found to be exchanging sex for money, a handful of fruit, or even a bar of soap. Most of these girls were between 13 and 18 years of age. In most cases, if the girls had been forced to stay, they would have been forced into marriage. They became pregnant around the age of 15 on average. This happened as recently as in 2001. Parents tended to turn a blind eye because sexual exploitation had become a "mechanism of survival" in these camps.{{sfn|Aggrawal|2005|pp=514–525}}

Large groups of displaced persons could be abused as [[refugees as weapons|"weapons"]] to threaten political enemies or neighbouring countries. It is for this reason amongst others that the United Nations [[Sustainable Development Goal 10]] aims to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible mobility of people through planned and well-managed migration policies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goal 10 targets|url=https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-10-reduced-inequalities/targets.html|access-date=2020-09-23|website=UNDP|language=en|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127140337/https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-10-reduced-inequalities/targets.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Concerns about human trafficking and sexual violence have been realized during the [[2022–present Ukrainian refugee crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trafficking and sexual exploitation of Ukrainian refugees on the rise |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/trafficking-and-sexual-exploitation-of-ukrainian-refugees-on-the-rise/ |work=Euractiv |date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ukrainian refugees increasingly targeted for sexual exploitation, research finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/ukrainian-refugees-increasingly-targeted-for-sexual-exploitation-research-finds |work=The Guardian |date=26 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=War in Ukraine causes spike in refugees being recruited for prostitution |url=https://cne.news/article/2857-war-in-ukraine-causes-spike-in-refugees-being-recruited-for-prostitution |work=CNE News |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> European Commissioner for Home Affairs [[Ylva Johansson]] said: "We have some indications on online services that the demand for Ukrainian women for sexual purposes has gone up."<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel investigating suspected trafficking of 17-year-old Ukrainian refugee |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-investigating-suspected-trafficking-of-17-year-old-ukrainian-refugee/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=24 March 2022}}</ref> According to ''USA Today'', "there has been a skyrocketing increase in all forms of illegal trafficking of women and girls in the region – and also boys – including forced sex and labor, [[prostitution]], [[pornography]] and other forms of sexual exploitation... In recent weeks, online searches for Ukrainian women and keywords like escorts, porn or sex have shot up dramatically in European countries, according to the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE)."<ref>{{cite news |title=Putin's war in Ukraine is driving a hidden horror: Sex trafficking of women and children |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/20/putins-ukraine-war-sex-trafficking/9733542002/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=20 May 2022}}</ref>