The article "Sex and Slavery" examines the problem of Eastern European women who fill the "red light districts" in Western European cities. According to police estimates, about ten thousand illegal migrants currently work in the sex business in Britain. The author quotes a representative of the International Organization for Migration, who talks about the fate of many girls from Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine: "Very few of these girls return after being sold, and most of them never fully recover from it. We provide them with medical and psychological assistance and try to help them find work." According to him, Britain does very little to combat sex slavery. An example is also given: "You won't believe it, but nine months ago, the anti-trafficking department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a request via Interpol to the police headquarters in England. They wanted to get information about one of the language schools operating on the south coast. Nine months have already passed, and there is no word from them. And this happens all the time."
As "Observer Magazine" further writes, language schools in Britain often serve as a cover for luring people. The school accepts documents from a woman from Eastern Europe who allegedly wishes to study the language, sends her a document stating that she is enrolled in the courses, with which she goes to the British embassy and obtains a visa. Then she arrives in Britain, is met by human traffickers, and then disappears.
"According to the Ukrainian militia, the school in question served as a cover for organized criminal groups involved in the sex business and child prostitution. As the IOM representative asserts, a few hours of work by a single police officer would have been enough to respond to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs' request. The response should have been in Kyiv within a week, yet no efforts are being made in the investigation," the publication quotes the BBC.
The author then conveys the words of the IOM representative: "In the West, there is little understanding of the horror these outcasts have endured. For example, when the immigration service catches them in Britain, it sends them home immediately. Often at airports they are met by human traffickers, who simply transport them back to Britain, where too little effort is made to expose pimps and exploiters. In Ukraine, poverty is destabilizing society. Ukrainians consider their women victims of a crime legalized by the indifference of countries like Britain."