Prostitution age to remain 18

Monday 06 April 2009

The government does not plan to raise the minimum prostitution age from 18 to 21, the Telegraaf reports on Monday.

Reliable sources have told the paper that justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has decided that there would be too much opposition to an increase and it would drive younger prostitutes into the illegal circuit.

Meanwhile, the AD reports that the recession is beginning to have an affect on Amsterdam's red light district, with prostitutes reporting a sharp fall in clients and demands for cheaper prices.

At the same time, the owners of red light district rooms have put their daily rents up, the paper says.

'Compared with seven months ago, there is nothing left,' Mexican prostitute Che tells the paper. 'Clients say they don't have any money and they want to pay €30 or €35. So you do it for that.'

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