Dominican Argentine
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A Dominican Argentine is an Argentine
citizen of full or partial Dominican
ancestry.
in the pursuit for a better life. Specific data on the amount of remittances from Argentina to the native land is unknown, given that the Dominican community here is not considered a large one. There are barely six thousand Dominicans residing in Buenos Aires
, most of which are women that exhibit an irregular migratory situation.
Buenos Aires province
concentrates 30 percent of the Dominican emigrants. The rest are spread across the remaining national territory.
, young women from the Dominican Republic
began arriving to Argentina in unprecedented numbers in the 1990s as prostitutes. Many of the Dominican prostitutes ending up in Buenos Aires. Thousands of destitute Dominican women are being victimized by human trafficking
in the global sex trade, into other countries including the US.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
citizen of full or partial Dominican
Dominican people
Dominicans are people inhabiting or originating from Dominican Republic. Most Dominicans live in Dominican Republic, although there is also a large Dominican diaspora, especially in the United States, Puerto Rico and Spain...
ancestry.
History
Dominicans residing in ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in the pursuit for a better life. Specific data on the amount of remittances from Argentina to the native land is unknown, given that the Dominican community here is not considered a large one. There are barely six thousand Dominicans residing in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, most of which are women that exhibit an irregular migratory situation.
Buenos Aires province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
concentrates 30 percent of the Dominican emigrants. The rest are spread across the remaining national territory.
Dominican women in prostitution
According to the UN's International Organization for MigrationInternational Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
, young women from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
began arriving to Argentina in unprecedented numbers in the 1990s as prostitutes. Many of the Dominican prostitutes ending up in Buenos Aires. Thousands of destitute Dominican women are being victimized by human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
in the global sex trade, into other countries including the US.