Migrant sex workers face dangerous situations, exploitation: Advocates

An Auckland protest calling for the repeal of the Prostitution Reform Act section 19 was held last year. Photo / Supplied / Pandora BlackAn Auckland protest calling for the repeal of the Prostitution Reform Act section 19 was held last year. Kī Anthony, of Chinese and Indian heritage, said they got into sex work out of necessity. “I’m very lucky that that [sex work] was something I was able to do because I was in fact a citizen. This specific section of the Prostitution Reform Act prevents migrant sex workers from working in the same safer conditions that other sex workers do.