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Learning and Knowledge Exchanges > Caught in the Carceral Web: Anti-Trafficking Laws and Policies and Their Impact on Migrant Sex Workers

Caught in the Carceral Web: Anti-Trafficking Laws and Policies and Their Impact on Migrant Sex Workers

Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network & HIV Legal Network I Judy Fudge, Elene Lam, Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Vincent Wong 

This report evaluates the combined impact of four areas of law on migrant sex workers and places the regulation of migrant sex workers in a broader historical context; maps the specific laws that create this carceral web; reviews the literature on the impact of these laws on migrant sex workers; and provides a qualitative study of migrant sex workers and their advocates regarding the impact of these laws.

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Author / Publisher: Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network | HIV Legal Network
Categories: Anti-Racism | Criminalization | Legal Resources (Criminal, Family, Immigration) | Non-status, Immigrant, and Refugee Survivors | Workplace
Language(s): English
Year(s) Published: 2021
Accessibility Format(s): Machine-Readable Text
Type of Resource: Reports