Migrating to Germany? Be safe!
- Document number
- 1361
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Migrating to Germany? Be safe!
- Author/publisher
- Global Alliance Against Traffick in Women (GAATW), Ban Ying Coordination and Counselling Centre against Trafficking
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations,
- Keywords
- Germany, Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Pornography, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Forced labour, an Au Pair, Marriage agencies,
- Summary
- This handbook addresses women who, for various reasons, plan to come to Germanyfor a short or long period of stay.Surely you have heard stories about people who went abroad searching for a betterlife, but instead of finding happiness there have had bad experiences; people, whowere brought there with false promises to work under extremely bad conditions forwhich they got very little or no money at all. Or of women, who were promised a jobin a restaurant or as domestic workers, but upon arrival were forced into prostitution.Or of others, who married a man from the west, arrived in his country but were treated as slaves.Common to all these stories is that people are deceived into a situation, in whichthey are helpless, can be blackmailed and are exploited by others – they have beendeceived, or even trafficked.The best defence against a situation like that is to inform oneself, as completely aspossible, with the necessary legal provisions about the country one wishes to travelto. At least a part of this information is contained in this handbook. This handbookwill also show you what possibilities and rights you have in case you get intodifficulties in Germany and need help.As a considerable number of trafficked people are women – at least as far astrafficking in the sex industry is considered, this handbook addresses them specially.
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