migrant sex workers

EU Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum

Submitted by NSWP on 31st May 2021

NSWP member organisation the English Collective of Prostitutes and Dr Laura Connelly from the University of Salford have published new research that looks at EU Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum.

The research, conducted in 2019, shows that violence, xenophobia and threats of deportation against migrant sex workers from the European Union have risen since the EU Referendum.

Key findings from the research include:

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EU Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum - English Collective of Prostitutes, 2021

Munca sexuală a imigranților din UE în Regatul Unit după - English Collective of Prostitutes, 2021

Butterfly - Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network raise #8CallsForJustice

Submitted by NSWP on 29th March 2021

NSWP member organisation Butterfly - Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network have launched a campaign making 8 Calls for Justice to promote racial and migrant justice of migrant sex workers and protect their human and labour rights.

Launch of the SEXHUM Policy Making Report

Submitted by NSWP on 8th February 2021

The SEXHUM project (Sexual Humanitarianism: Migration, Sex Work and Trafficking) has published the SEXHUM Policy Making Report with policy recommendations on migration, sex work and trafficking globally and in Australia, France, New Zealand and the US.

DRC sex workers demand greater protection during COVID-19 pandemic

Submitted by NSWP on 11th January 2021

HODSAS (Homme Pour le Droit et La Sante Sexuelle) have released a statement denouncing an increase in harassment in DRC, and highlighting the disproportionate costs of COVID-19 tests at the borders of DRC-Rwanda, and DRC-Burundi.

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en_drowning_cases_of_sex_workers_january_2021.pdf

fr_denonciation_des_cas_de_noyade_des_travailleuses_du_sexe_janvier_2021.pdf

Safeguarding the human rights and dignity of undocumented migrant sex workers

Submitted by NSWP on 23rd September 2019

This paper by PICUM discusses the impact of criminalisation on the human rights and dignity of undocumented migrant sex workers in Europe. It outlines the main legal frameworks affecting sex workers, and highlights how these intersect with other frameworks criminalising migrants in Europe.

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Safeguarding the human rights and dignity of undocumented migrant sex workers, PICUM - 2019

Sex workers organise international day of action in memory of Vanessa Campos

Submitted by NSWP on 20th September 2018

Sex worker groups have organised an international day of action on 21st September to honour the memory of Vanessa Campos, a sex worker who was killed in Paris in August.

Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers

Submitted by NSWP on 4th June 2018

Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers is a report produced by Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network), featuring the testimony of 18 Asian migrant sex workers, who contacted Butterfly when they were arrested, detained, and/or deported between May 2015 and August 2016 in Canada.

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Behind the Rescue, Butterfly - 2018

Calls for New Zealand to repeal its ban on migrant sex workers

Submitted by NSWP on 9th May 2018

New Zealand must repeal its ban on migrant sex workers to ensure the benefits of its decriminalisation model are extended to all sex workers, says NSWP member organisation the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective.