- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
Prostitution of minors in France has risen by up 43 percent over the last four years, according to official figures published Friday. The government insists it remains committed to cracking down on exploitation networks, a decade after a landmark law made paying for sexual services a crime.
Essentially, if police come across a brothel and the women (who are coerced) claim they are there consensually, they cannot do much. If it’s illegal, then they can actually get them to safety so they can tell them they were forced. If they weren’t, they can just drop the charges. This is basically what Northern Ireland has been doing- and the only people who have been convicted were also convicted of perpetuating human trafficking (they weren’t a victim)
Let me just point out two things.
Sex workers who work legally need to be eligible to work in the country they reside in and they are protected by workers laws.
Now think again what happens to sex workers who work in countries where it’s illegal and what leverage others have over them.
Also when sex work is illegal it’s mostly done by organised crime and and the right amount of money and leverage employed at the right spots can get the police / the state to look the other way.
Sex workers are hurt by criminalising sex work, simple as that.
That makes it even worse. If you stop engaging in prostitution, you get fired and your working visa is revoked. Also, you’re assuming all victims of human trafficking are immigrants/don’t have the right to work in the country. At least in the UK, unless if you’re a student or a tourist, if you don’t have a right to work there, you probably don’t havw a right to be there either.
Maybe this applies to countries with corruption issues and lack of morals.
In most EU countries you’ll have a decent amount of time (up to 3 months) to find a new job and get a new visa.
And what if you don’t have the qualifications?