Laws for the protection of prostitutes is largely ineffective

Both the since 2002 existing prostitution law, as well as the 2017 supplementary prostitutes protection law does not show yet the desired success. Nationwide, a report in the world that only 76 of the prostitute in social insurance. The validity of the statistics, but is not limited, apparently because many prostitutes to register, probably in the officially designated profession. the

The laws for a better social protection of prostitutes have, so far, hardly anything. As the world reported, citing a response from the Federal government to a Minor Interpellation of the FDP group in the Bundestag, and were, in the year 2018, nationwide, only 76 of the prostitute in the social insurance reported. Overall, the German government is therefore expected that around 200 000 women are working in Germany as a prostitute.

With the force since 2002 prostitution law should be made prostitutes are socially and legally better. Sex workers can become sick since then, pension - and unemployment insurance. "The objectives have not been achieved in the approach," said the Chairman of the human rights Committee in the Bundestag, Gyde Jensen (FDP), the newspaper said. "A measurable improvement is simply not there."

the validity of The survey was, however, limited, explained, the Federal government, according to the report in your reply. Because it was to be assumed that many of the prostitutes were not registered under the officially designated occupations "occupations for personal services - professionally-oriented activities", but among other Professions, to remain anonymous.

the goals of 2017, which entered into force prostitutes protection law as a Supplement to the prostitution act, show according to the report, so far only moderate success. Since then, need to register prostitutes in their communities, and regular health advice. This application is intended to serve as safeguards against forced prostitution. The response of the Federal government, according to the first 6959 women reported, however, in the first half of the year following the entry into force.

since then, should have this figure is not markedly increased: A request from the world result in the largest German cities in the last autumn, that in most cities only a fraction of the prostitutes, the notification requirements are followed. In Berlin, for example, about 270 of estimated were registered 7000 women, in Stuttgart, Germany 170 of the nearly 2000 in Leipzig 47 of 3600.