GLOBALISATION, SEX TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION: THE EXPERIENCES OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN IRELAND

Publishers Immigrant Council Of Ireland Zones Ireland Type Report / Study / Data Date of publication 2009 Document main thematic Child Trafficking Total pages 207

“Globalisation, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution The Experiences of Migrant
Women in Ireland” reveals that, over a 21-month period in 2007-08, 102 women
and girls presented at services who, using the internationally agreed definition,
are considered victims of trafficking. Of these, 11 were children at the time they
were trafficked. We also know that they are a fraction of the real number of
victims of trafficking in this country. They are the ones who were rescued or
escaped from their traffickers and pimps.
The research also documents the widespread sexual exploitation of migrant
women in Ireland’s sex industry. The sex industry in this country has undergone
significant changes in recent times, moving off the streets and into apartments
and houses with women and girls being provided to men who access prostitution
via the internet or their mobile phones. The overwhelming majority of the women
involved are migrant women.