AEC risks sparking influx of sex workers

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AEC risks sparking influx of sex workers

Published: 19 Oct 2012 at 00.00
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Thailand will have to brace itself for an increase in the number of sex workers when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is launched in three years' time.

Thailand needs to reform its laws and policies to protect sex workers' rights and prevent the exploitation of women through punitive law enforcement, Chantawipa Apisuk, director of the Empower Foundation, said yesterday at the "Sex Work and the Law in the Asia-Pacific" seminar held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok.

"Thailand will be a target for sex tourism in the region after the opening of the AEC [in 2015]," Ms Chantawipa said.

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samut
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Discussion 3 : 19 Oct 2012 at 12.233
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There will be tough competitions in many different professions after 2015 so Thailand starts better now to deal with it.
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It was estimated in 2006 that undocumented migrant sex workers typically pay police bribes totalling 6,000 to 14,000 baht a year.

That's per sex worker. Being a policeman is a lucrative job. No wonder no interest in actually doing police work.
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Discussion 1 : 19 Oct 2012 at 06.001
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"She estimated there are about 200,000 sex workers in Thailand, with customers at 10 times that number."

Low estimate - there are that many in Pattaya alone
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