Deportations Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/deportation/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:21:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Deportations Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/deportation/ 32 32 Letter: Impact of immigration plans on modern slavery survivors https://prostitutescollective.net/letter-impact-of-immigration-plans-on-modern-slavery-survivors/ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:00:06 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20075 Joint letter to the Home Secretary, issued by After Exploitation, in response to immigration plans announced by the government that would make life much worse for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking seeking asylum in the UK.   Read the full briefing on the changes here. ---------------- After Exploitation + signatories info@afterexploitation.org 24th November […]

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]]> Vice: European Sex Workers Facing Threats of Violence and Deportation in the UK https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-european-sex-workers-facing-threats-of-violence-and-deportation-in-the-uk/ Thu, 20 May 2021 19:11:15 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15395 Following Brexit, sex workers say they face increased violence, xenophobia and threats of deportation.Sex workers in the UK have faced increased xenophobia, violence, and fears around deportation in the years since the Brexit referendum, according to a new report. Research from the University of Salford and the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) looks at Brexit and […]

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]]> Independent: Violence and threats against sex workers from EU ‘surges since Brexit’ https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-violence-and-threats-against-sex-workers-from-eu-surges-since-brexit/ Thu, 20 May 2021 09:46:53 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15298 Exclusive: ‘I have been threatened by men on the street who said they would attack me,’ says sex worker Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim   Violence and threats of deportation against sex workers from the European Union who are living in the UK have surged since the Brexit vote, according to researchers. A first of its kind study, carried out by the […]

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]]> Webinar: Launch of new report – EU-Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum, 20 May https://prostitutescollective.net/brexit-report-launch/ Tue, 11 May 2021 12:25:23 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15208 Launch of new report: EU-Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum Webinar: Thursday 20 May, 6-7.30pm Hosted by English Collective of Prostitutes and Dr. Laura Connelly. Speakers: Dr. Laura Connelly on the findings of her pathbreaking new research on the impact of the Brexit vote on EU migrant sex workers; sex workers from the EU on […]

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]]> Sex Workers: Access to Justice webinar – 19 Nov https://prostitutescollective.net/accesstojustice/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 23:54:51 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14628 For a list of speakers and resources that were asked for during the webinar please see here. 

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]]> 920Magazine: Sexit – Selling sex in Brexit Britain https://prostitutescollective.net/920magazine-sexit-selling-sex-in-brexit-britain/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:30:07 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=11087 By Anna Freeman Brexit is not only screwing the Great British pound and the price of Tesco’s Finest Prosecco – it’s screwing sex workers, too. A huge number of women selling sexual services in the UK hail from the EU-28 (43 percent of non-British sex workers in 2009 were EU nationals, according to a TAMPEP study). […]

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]]> Vice: Sex Workers Are Having Their Earnings Confiscated in Trafficking Stings https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-sex-workers-are-having-their-earnings-confiscated-in-trafficking-stings/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:57:15 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7677 Raids – or "welfare visits" – carried out by police are supposedly conducted for safety, but they're harming sex workers and failing to identify genuine victims.   Anti-trafficking raids are often framed as vital rescue missions undertaken to save victims of modern slavery. However, according to Niki Adams – an English Collective of Prostitutes [ECP] spokesperson […]

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]]> Audio: The World – This English collective says Brexit unfairly targets sex workers for deportation https://prostitutescollective.net/the-world-this-english-collective-says-brexit-unfairly-targets-sex-workers-for-deportation/ Thu, 02 May 2019 21:45:28 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7670 Listen here.  After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in 2016, large industries have struggled to handle the ramifications of the upcoming Brexit. One affected industry that does not get much coverage is prostitution. Laura Watson is the spokesperson for the English Collective of Prostitutes in London. She spoke with The World's Carol […]

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]]> Independent: Sex workers harassed, assaulted and illegally targeted for deportations amid culture of xenophobia after Brexit https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-sex-workers-harassed-assaulted-and-illegally-targeted-for-deportations-amid-culture-of-xenophobia-after-brexit/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 21:35:21 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7634 Exclusive: ‘For migrant workers, everything is compounded – the sexism, the criminalisation and the racism and then the hostile immigration environment’Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheimSex workers in the UK are being illegally targeted for deportations and subjected to harassment and attacks because of a Brexit-inspired culture of discrimination against foreigners, campaigners have claimed.A dossier compiled by the campaign group English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) […]

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]]> Press Release: Sex workers document Brexit-inspired discrimination that is depriving them of the right to remain in the UK https://prostitutescollective.net/press-release-sex-workers-document-brexit-inspired-discrimination-that-is-depriving-them-of-the-right-to-remain-in-the-uk/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 20:09:18 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7626 A sex worker collective has compiled a dossier of cases that it has fought over the last few years showing how Brexit is affecting migrant sex workers from the EU.   The English Collective of Prostitutes’ dossier, Sex workers are getting screwed by Brexit, includes examples of women being targeted by police for arrest and deportation despite […]

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