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Tens of thousand of Thailand’s sex workers left out of pocket due to COVID-19

 

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Thai Rath reported that times were tough for the country's sex workers with many without any money for food and shelter or for their families. 

 

They were the first hit by losing their regular line of work as the pandemic started and they are likely to be among the last that can go back to work.

 

In addition the government has given them little assistance. 

 

The media spoke to Empower social worker Thanta Laowilawanyakun who said that the situation for many sex workers was dire.

 

Only a few qualified for government 5,000 baht handouts. Most had no money at all, no recourse to work, no money for food, no money to buy infant milk formula, no roofs over their heads and no money to repay debts.

 

The situation was particularly desperate for prostitutes from neighboring countries who have no Thai ID, no home to go to and cannot cross the border to their families.

 

The best that many sex workers could do is those that could get 5,000 baht might take in those that couldn't and pool resources.

 

Some had resorted to selling things online.

 

Thanta said 100,000 people were in serious trouble.

 

Empower had made representations to the government on their behalf but that was largely falling on deaf ears.

 

Thailand’s sex workers are not officially recognised as part of the work force for legal reasons leaving them particularly susceptible to hardship during bad times. 
 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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9 minutes ago, twocatsmac said:

So the Thai hussies are skint eh? Same their sisters all over the world. A few million tax paying legit workers too are struggling.

Send em to Wuhan province.

Prostitution is illegal in China.

 

By the way Hubei is the province, Wuhan is a city.

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20 minutes ago, ozz1 said:

But the government said there is no prostitution in Thailand  so what services are they selling

yeah and there is no corruption either just ask the cop that tried to take 5 million from that sells man

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25 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The last 3 days I had 3 different girls come to my room.

I picked the hottest girls on the dating sites.  Why not?

All interestingly said they worked on Soi 6.

So, they should not complain for the next few days as they were well taken care of.

And thank you, so was I. ????

 

Were  they lost then?

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34 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The last 3 days I had 3 different girls come to my room.

I picked the hottest girls on the dating sites.  Why not?

All interestingly said they worked on Soi 6.

So, they should not complain for the next few days as they were well taken care of.

And thank you, so was I. ????

 

Remember to havee a break on the Sabbath. You don't want the powers from above coming down on you!

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