Laur explores the street prostitution in Basel. Again, as told earlier about the now closed Zurich Sihlquai, the prostitutes are said to be of mainly Rroma origin. How the author got this information remains unclear.
Rroma are a minority of about , to a million members in Hungary. The identification of ethnic membership is anything but easy, as the case of the blond Rroma girl in Greece has shown. Furthermore, not all members of the minority speak Rromanes. The Rroma membership of the portrayed women has therefore to be critically questioned. They are usually prepared early for their future profession. An evil fate and yet they appear externally unbroken on the road in Basel [ β¦ ].
None of them moans, not feeling victimized. They do sex work because they see no alternative. By stating that it is poverty that leads the portrayed women into prostitution, Laur may be closer to the reality than the estimates of support agencies and the authorities. But he finds the prices scandalous, they are much too cheap. Exploitation can be found in other industries such as in the construction industry or in agriculture too.
Furthermore, there is a lot less excitement than about prostitution, while the scandal is in fact the same. People are finally moving against the interdiction of begging issued by the city of Lausanne. This interdiction, aimed at the [β¦]. Two articles in the aftermath of the ban of begging in Lausanne.
One by a photographer, Yves Leresche, who has [β¦]. Another article on Rroma travellers in Switzerland. And the perpetuation of new myths: There are more and more of them [β¦]. Lausanne forbade mendacity yesterday. The vote was narrow but passed through. Begging will be fined Event though they [β¦]. Laur, Franziska Ungarinnen bieten Sex zu Dumpingpreisen.
