Migrant sex workers Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/migrant-sex-workers/ 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 Migrant sex workers Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/migrant-sex-workers/ 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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]]> Novara Media: Sex Workers’ Friends and Family Could Be Criminalised, Campaigners Warn https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-sex-workers-friends-and-family-could-be-criminalised-campaigners-warn/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:50:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19170 ‘Disastrous.’by Maya Oppenheim. 17 June 2025Labour MPs are attempting to launch the most “draconian” clampdown on sex work devised in Britain in decades, campaigners have warned.Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk.Antoniazzi, the Labour MP […]

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]]> House of Lords Select Committee inquiry on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (2024) https://prostitutescollective.net/house-of-lords-select-committee-inquiry-on-the-modern-slavery-act-2015-2024/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:48:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20013 On 24 January 2024 an inquiry was launched to consider the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and its effectiveness in achieving its aims. A Select Committee was appointed to consider how the Act’s provisions have been implemented, how the Act has been impacted by recent political developments, and whether the Act is in need of improvement.The […]

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]]> Podcast: ReThink Freedom – Taking the trafficking out of sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/podcast-rethink-freedom-taking-the-trafficking-out-of-sex-work/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:13:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17106 Taking the trafficking out of sex work Freedom United host a special panel event discussing the decriminalization of sex work with our expert panel as an alternative to the Nordic Model and how the decriminalization of sex work can help build resilience to trafficking.

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]]> Report: Sex Workers’ Access to Justice – International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law https://prostitutescollective.net/report-sex-workers-access-to-justice/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:48:44 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17046 In November 2020, the English Collective of Prostitutes organised a ground-breaking event, Sex Workers: Access to Justice, which brought together sex workers, violence against women organisers, academics, and human rights groups to examine the extent of violence faced by sex workers, what exacerbates the risks of violence, and the obstacles experienced by sex workers when […]

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]]> Independent: Sex worker beaten by her clients shares deportation fears as police crack down on prostitution https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-sex-worker-beaten-by-her-clients-shares-deportation-fears/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 12:26:15 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16295 Exclusive: Sex worker says being ‘dragged through’ criminal justice system has ‘destroyed’ her life and made her homeless Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent “Five or six police officers came to my flat last April,” Iris says. “I was really shocked so I didn’t open the door because I didn’t know what was going on. They broke my […]

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]]> Vice: Video – What Governments Don’t Want You To Know About Modern Slavery | System Error https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-video-what-governments-dont-want-you-to-know-about-modern-slavery-system-error/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:05:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15567 “Governments say that they’re tackling modern slavery, but they use that as a guise to raid and deport and terrorize migrant sex workers in the UK . . When sex workers actually go and report violence, including trafficking to the police, nothing is done about it. In some cases sex workers are actually arrested themselves […]

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]]> Event: Workshop at Migrant Connections Festival, 18 September https://prostitutescollective.net/event-workshop-at-migrant-connections-festival-18-sep/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:09:06 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15558 Migrant sex workers organise against police racism, deportations and destitution (English Collective of Prostitutes and the All African Women's Group): Migrant sex workers are spearheading struggles against police racism and deportation. Hear about collective self-help campaigns to win safety, status and financial support. Saturday 18 September 2021, 5-6pm FREE event.

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]]> Video: Time to get off the fence on sex workers’ rights https://prostitutescollective.net/video-time-to-get-off-the-fence-on-sex-workers-rights/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:50:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15510 https://youtu.be/pGL6jbo4XdUOpenDemocracy live discussion. 19 August 2021.It’s time for anti-trafficking activists to stop being silent on sex workers’ rights.Hear from a panel of anti-trafficking leaders and migrant sex worker activists as they discuss why the trafficking sector is letting down sex workers and how to do things differently.Speakers:Joanna Ewart-James Executive director, Freedom UnitedJean Bruggeman Executive director, Freedom Network […]

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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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