The document discusses human trafficking and prostitution in the UK. It states that the UK is a major destination for trafficked women who are forced to work as prostitutes, often coming from Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. While prostitution itself is not illegal in the UK, controlling or exploiting prostitutes is against the law. There has been concern about newspaper advertisements that essentially "sell" women and girls for prostitution, which some argue encourages human trafficking. Financial hardship, including cuts to student support, has led to concerns about some students turning to dangerous, unregulated work like prostitution in order to fund their education.

1. MIGRATION,
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
AND
PROSTITUTION in
the UK

2. “Quick guide:
UK Human
Trafficking” –
bbc.co.uk, Monday, 2
October 2006 10:33 UK

3. What is Human Trafficking?
 “Human trafficking is the
movement of people by
means such as force, fraud or
deception, with the aim of
exploiting them.”
 UN describes trafficking as a
form of "slavery". (It knows
of victims from 127 countries
and of their exploitation in
137. Major destinations for
victims include wealthy
countries in Western Europe,
North America, and the
Middle East.)

4. UK Situation
 “UK is a major destination for trafficked
women. .. brought in to the country and
forced to work as prostitutes.”
 “Many trafficking victims in the UK are
from Eastern European countries
including Lithuania, Russia, Albania and
Ukraine. Others are from the Far East,
South America and Africa.”
 Often, women are lured by adverts in
their home countries for jobs such as
restaurant staff, maids and child minders

5. Prostitution in United
Kingdom
 “In the UK, prostitution itself is not illegal but
there are a number of offences linked to it.
For example it is an offence to control a
prostitute for gain, or to keep a brothel.”
 “Prostitution is sometimes referred to as 'the
oldest profession', as it meets the natural
urges of humans in return for money, and is
often claimed to be as old as civilization
itself.” (politics.co.uk)

6. “Slave adverts”
 Minister for Women Harriet Harman
discussed banning adverts for escort
services with the Newspaper Society.
 She said, "The Newspaper Society and us
need to sit down together and discuss
whether this is acceptable in local
newspapers, that girls are for sale.”
 She added: "You see 'girls for sale - girls from
Europe, from Africa, from Thailand, fresh girls
every week, 18 to 25'. What sort of message
does this send in the 21st century? We do
know that there is a big problem of people
trafficking.“ bbc.co.uk, Monday, 29 October
2007, 10:14

7. Teenage Prostitution
 “NUS: Students turning to prostitution
to fund studies” - By Kieran Turner and
Owen Phillips
(bbc.co.uk, 14 December 2011)

8. NUS: Students turning to prostitution
to fund studies
 Estelle Hart, the NUS's national
women's officer, said
government cuts had put more
pressure on students.
 "Students are taking more
dangerous measures, In an
economic climate where there
are very few jobs, where
student support has been
massively cut, people are
taking more work in the
informal economy, such as sex
work. It's all dangerous
unregulated work, simply so
people can stay in education."

9. Financial Support
 A spokesman for the
Department for Education
said: "We are targeting
£180m a year financial
support at the most
vulnerable 16- to 19-year-
olds to help them continue
their studies - with
transitional funding for the
students who were getting
the top rate of EMA and part
way through their studies.”

10. MASSIVE THANKS!